I started out writing a comment back to you and then realized it was far too long so just turned it into a post. (http://ivy03.livejournal.com/176181.html) To sum up though, I don't know what Daniel would say if he were on Atlantis. I don't see any clearly ethical course of action that wouldn't ensure complete destruction. Of course, given Daniel's previous actions (in Scorched Earth, to name one example) Daniel might choose death over any of the unethical actions the Atlantis crew took. I agree that Weir fucked up royally, but I think that's because she balked about the ethics of killing prisoners and ended up making the situation infinitely worse through her squeamishness.

Sheesh. This is turning into another post. Clearly I'm thinking too much about this.