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Of course it's ridiculous to compare any leader with another. However one can compare policies of a similar nature.
Let's make a comparison of Bush and Hitler -
Differences
Personal features -
Hitler was small, had a moustache and stood up straight.
Bush is taller, has no moustache and stands up like a ape.
Hitler was a brillant orator
Bush has trouble saying any sentence that has more than four words in it.
Domestic Policies -
Hitler promised the working classes that he would make them better off and create high employment (promises which he did deliver).
Bush promised the rich that he would make them better off (a promise that he has delivered) and created high unemployment
Hitler improved the German economy.
Bush has damaged the US economy.
Hitler put political dissidents in detention camps on german soil without allowing them access to lawyers.
Bush puts political dissidents in detention camps on foreign soil without allowing them access to lawyers.
Foreign Policies
Hitler invaded his neigbour without cause and occupied the land in the name of bringing Freedom. The invasion brought wealth to the German economy.
Bush invaded a country that was not his neigbour, without cause, and occupied the land in the name of bringing Freedom. The invasion damaged the US economy.
Similaritiess
Bush and Hitler both instigated security laws that:
1. Discriminate against a particular society (Hitler against Jews, Bush against foreigners)
2. Allowed the state to spy on its citizens without their knowledge
3. Detained citizens without access to judicial process
And of course:
Hitler made the world both hate and fear his country.
Bush made the world both hate and fear his country.
No, they have committed a few similar actions, but not enough to call them the same (yet).
[ 09-09-2003, 06:08 PM: Message edited by: Skunk ]
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