Reply #57: But Remember... [View All]

[wussoch]

That we never "got" Hirohito or Mussolini OR Hitler. It is somewhat shortsighted to insinuate that all the world's problems would be solved by taking out Osama, although it would certainly help. He has "armies," although not in the conventional sense, that are scattered to the four winds. I think the analogy holds for Hirohito, whom the Japanese revered as a God (as so well-stated by a previous author)... taking him out may have ended the Japanese aggression. However, Hitler... I don't know. I don't think he had the fanatical allegiance of his armies that bin Laden has. The Third Reich was largely a top-down organization with many "regular" soldiers who were not interested in Holocausts or Aryan Supremacy. The fanaticism of al-Qaeda would quickly boost another up to the status of bin Laden.