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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 11:56 AM Original message |
Bush is our Hitler; Iraq is our Poland |
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troublemaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Iraq is our Czechoslovakia. Iran is our Poland. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Well, hopefully it won't get to that stage (n/t) |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Hey! I Was Going To Say That! |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 08:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. This is a better analogy. |
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troublemaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 10:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. I think Russia would draw the line at Iran |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 01:39 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. So do I, and I think China will join them |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 04:24 AM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Agreed.. Russia and China.... |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 04:28 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. my answer would be - NO One- but that's OK |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. I heard a very elderly Holocaust survivor |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. At least Hitler |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. the Iraq/Poland parallels are strongest, IMO.... |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 07:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Good points |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. It is *bush and the hive-collective |
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mourningdove92 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. Stop children, whats that sound? |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 01:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
42. I hope they do |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'll go there. |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. we may not have Iraq in the conventional sense of the word |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Empires come and go. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 06:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. "America is the strongest and most prosperous nation on earth," |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 07:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. I think our empire will go quickly! |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. considering that the RW compares Moore to Goebbels... |
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IconoclastIlene (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. Bush is the Frontman; no substance, no Mein Kampf. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. And, Najaf is becoming our Warsaw. |
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sattahipdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. "Bush is our Nixon;New York is our Kent State" |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. No - Nixon was smarter - more competent |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 07:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. As an ex Manhattanite (West Side!) |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. but. . .but. . . |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Arabs are the ones being "demonized" now..... |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. We are also very similar to the U.S.S.R. with their empire-building. |
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FlashHarry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think this plays right into RNC hands. |
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stavka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 08:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Thank You! |
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number6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. Bush is our cheap imitation Hitler; Iraq is our mini Stalingrad |
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Buck Rabbit (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. No, I think our Stalingrad will be the Battle of Istanbul under Jeb. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 01:35 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Hey, get started. This is a nice refinement! |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. Afghanistan was our Austria? |
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Dangerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. I agree whore-heartedly |
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stavka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. I think that is a monumental historical WRONG |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. bush = Alcibiades or Napoleon and Iraq = Sicily or Russia |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. No, I fear, if we are not successful in installing Kerry in OUR White |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. BUSH is NOT HITLER. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 02:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Care to back that up? |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 04:47 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Ugh I think any rational person will realise BUSH is NOT HITLER |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 11:48 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. "Our Hitler" not "Hitler" |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 11:52 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Comparisons are not equivelents. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-22-04 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
36. There are parallels with the bush* administration, |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 01:37 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Iran could be next |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
40. Bush is our Bush, Iraq is our Iraq. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 01:45 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. YES |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 01:52 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Yes, it does. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 02:00 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Analogies distract from Bush's evil |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 03:01 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I think analogies draw attention to Bush no matter what, |
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dorktv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 03:00 AM Response to Original message |
46. No Hitler was originally elected by a democratic process. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 04:03 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Actually, Hitler was not elected by a democratic process. |
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dorktv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-23-04 04:22 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. So Hitler was appointed by elected people? |
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