In my case it was very much tongue in cheek. Hitler's few admirable qualities - he was a brave soldier and a brilliant orator and politician - are nothing when set against his appalling crimes. He was a weak, obsessive, vindictive man, driven by hatred, egotism and frustration. As I said before, he was a brave low-ranking soldier. As a military leader he was(thankfully)a complete and utter disaster for the German forces.
Ironically, had Hitler been content simply to rule Germany, there's a chance he would be remembered far more kindly by history. But his obsession with conquest and his arrogant belief in his destiny as the saviour of the Aryan Race dragged Germany and the rest the world into Hell with him.