Elrond, why?

[The Only Real Estel]

Elrond never struck me as one who would really agree to, 'The ends justify the means.'

Ah, very well put! That was at least a third of my points in my first few posts right there in a nutshell!

If Elrond had killed Isildur it would have been bad form, as Hook would say

And it wouldn't have been at the opportune moment, as Captain Sparrow would say .