Did any one of you think, if just for a moment, thought that Bush was starting to act like Hitler?
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Lets look at the similarities between Bush and Hitler. Both were elected/selected, Bush by the Supreme Court and Hitler when Hindenburg died. They both had terrorist attacks on their country, Bush 9/11 and Hitler the Reichstag's fire. Both ignored warning of the impending attacks. Both have/had conspiracy theories about thier involvement. Both blamed foreign ideologues. Both made speeches right afterwords at the site of the attack. Within weeks Bush had the Patriot Act and Hitler had his "Decree on the Protection of People and State". Both had a 4 year sunset provision put on them to get them passed. Both had protesters arrested or put in free speech zones away from the place where they were appearing. Both use the word Homeland to describe the nation. Both claim/claimed to be Christian. Both formed a new agency to consolidate various independent police, intelligence and border agencies together. Bush got Homeland Security and Hitler got the Central Security Office. Both have an SS, Bush has the Secret Service as a National Police Force and Hitler had the SchutzStaffel. Both invaded coutries that hadn't attacked them, Hitler invaded Poland and Bush invaded Iraq. Both of their governments described the Geneva Conventions as outdated and quaint.  Both built detention camps outside the country to bypass their laws. Both brought in industry and forged an alliance, and they got former executives of the nation's biggest companies into government positions. Both use government to empower corporations and reward the society's richest individuals, privatize much of the commons, stifle dissent, strip people of constitutional rights, and create an illusion of prosperity through continual and ever-expanding war. \nIs history repeating itself?
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Hitler wanted to rule the world and have everyone follow him like sheep! Without thinking what was right for the people. Bush is the same trying to have everyone believe he is not a liar! And a control Freak as Hitler was!! The world is now based on control over others and that is a sorry thing.
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Yes. You are obviously attempting to make a point that Hitler was not so bad as everyone thinks he was.\n\nHitler was bitter because he felt Germany was spurned by Europe in the aftermath of the Treaty of Versailles. He was a strangely enigmatic man, and what he told people about Germany becoming great once again seemed wonderful to thousands of others who felt like he did.\n\nHitler used strongarm tactics (essentially, his hired thugs beat up anyone who stood in his way, hence the SA) to become Chancellor, and then he started the new Reich. \n\nHitler had announced intents to "regain" parts of the Fatherland lost in WWI, and this obviously shows his aggression. He started moving in quickly on Austria-Hungary and also he annexed other parts of Europe, over weak European protests. \n\nHitler built up German military forces, despite the re-creation of a strong German military banned in the Treaty of Versailles. This also shows his intent to start a war.\n\nWhen Hitler invaded Poland, he started World War II. He knew the consequences, he just thought that the English wouldn't hold true to their promise to fight. He knew he could beat France and Poland, and with Stalin as an ally he didn't have to worry about watching his back.\n\nHitler started WWII, no question about it. \n\nOh, one more thing. You cite Mein Kampf as a source. However, Mein Kampf is much more of a self-glorifying propoganda novel than an actual historical book. I read that book once, and I was sickened. It was truly a look into the mind of a twisted, evil man.\n\nIf you are sympathetic to the Nazi cause, reconsider. Nazis killed over seven million people in cold blood, and millions more for their own twisted motives.
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No. I feel that his cronies and his staff do. Bush is merely a puppet. His cronies pull his strings and Bush moves to their whims. He is at fault because as the head man he should be asking questions and I don't think he is bright enough to do this. In fact, his stupidity is what made him appealing to the Republican party. He is a mindless puppet who marches to do whatever his cronies want. He is not bright enough to ask questions or know what questions to ask.
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Bush is the Hitler of our day.
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In fact, several disturbing analogies exist between George W. Bush and history's most infamous fascist, Adolph Hitler: Both men assumed power in defiance of the will of the majority; both men used “great lies” to pursue their warmongering agendas; both men preyed upon humanity's basest instincts to disseminate those “great lies”; both men were appeased by the British government, Hitler through Neville Chamberlain and Bush through Tony Blair; both men were willing to use national tragedies to justify the destruction of civil liberties, Hitler through the burning of the Reichstag and Bush through the September 11th terrorist attacks; both men were/are suspected of either participating in, or ignoring warnings about the imminence of, these tragedies in order to enhance their political stature and power; both men demonstrated no compunction about exploiting a culture of death for political self-aggrandizement, Hitler through his well-publicized genocide campaigns, and Bush who, while governor of Texas, routinely denied DNA tests to death row inmates, even though such tests could prevent wrongful executions; both men were willing to appeal to racism, Hitler through his quest for a “master race,” and Bush through his condemnation of affirmative action policies, which primarily benefit racial minorities.   While denouncing such policies as “preferential treatment,” Bush predictably displayed no such aversion to the preferential treatment enjoyed by wealthy white people, like himself, through a system of nepotism and cronyism; both men reveled in war and exploited the military to satiate their personal ambitions and vendettas; both men used war to enrich their political cronies; both men demonstrated contempt for international law and the concerns of the world community; and both men believed they were/are on some holy crusade inspired by a “divine province” that placed them into power.\n\nBut the disconcerting advantages the Bush dictatorship enjoys over Hitler's are the scientific advances that have made the implementation of fascism much easier.  New technologies have given the government Orwellian capabilities. Programs now exist to decipher every stroke made on a computer keyboard, to spy upon people from great distances, to create databases designed to blacklist and harass those who don’t obsequiously genuflect before official dogma, and to install microchips into vehicles, and even into people, to monitor their every move.  In addition, advances in genetics provide the opportunity to establish a “master race,” simply by denying insurance or other medical care to those with genetic proclivities to certain diseases, and to create DNA databases that will enable the government to categorize and/or spy upon individuals with certain genetic predispositions.  \n\nThere is also the glut of “recreational” technology to keep Americans inactive and thus ill-informed: computer games, videos and DVDs, 24-hour sports broadcasts, hundreds of television channels available through cable or satellite, and a media enamored with a “cult-of-celebrity” to distract the populace with superficialities (innocuously called “infotainment”) while social injustices are ignored and freedom and democracy decimated.  In fact some social critics recently noted the irony that more outrage had been generated over the methods used to select a champion in college football than the methods used to elect a president.\n\nOf course some may argue that Hitler clearly was compelled by evil motives, while Bush was compelled by “benevolent” ones.  But this ignores the reality that the primary difference between Bush and Hitler may simply be milieu, not mind-set.  In fact, actor/activist Harry Belafonte once courageously asserted that the Bush administration is “possessed of evil.”  These words should not be dismissed as hyperbole.  Hitler, after all, did not begin his campaign for world domination until fascism was
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While I have some concerns about some of the actions initiated by the President Bush (such as some elements of the Patriot Act) but by and large he is a dedicated and sincere President.\n\nI say this though I have never supported him in an election, but I make a distinction between such reservations and the blatant, unsubstantiated assertions made about the President.  I have no doubt that there are those who want a different president, that is obvious with the virulent yelling of hatred which is so often seen here.  However, I suggest that those who sincerely want a change that there should get involved with political actions which will lead to such change.  To do that is an act of a mature person.  To continue to scream hatred is childish and ineffectual.
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Bush is Hitler's grandnephew three times removed.\n\nFor 3 million a day, I can find better bargains.\n\nKing David.
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Nope; you're confusing him with Hitler.
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I thought he was a fake the first time I saw him and when he began to speak I knew he was . He has shifty eyes  and sounded insincere . Maybe it's his cocky walk or the shaking of his shoulders or the flaring his nostrils . That's only his physical part , the rest is his attitude and his aptitude for the job of President . Enough said !
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I think its just appalling.\n\nAnd my first thought was identical to the user above me. \n\nThe dems are going to try to impeach Bush out of revenge for Clinton, and Germany trying our military brass out of revenge for Nuremburg.\n\nNice world.
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i tink he is..but to the germans at that time he is not. Maybe he is too idealistic n the support of the germans at that time motivated him to get more n more overboard. I belief he is not evil at bith, maybe the society he lived in, had strong view abt the jews n he was influenced it n went ossessed wif these idoelogy.   hopefully i m being neutral.
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I am not German, but English. I have read Mein Kampf in German and also the translation into english. You can read in parts how Hitler was a genious in his earlier days, but also the points where his reasoning went slightly astray. ie "Give me an army behind me, a minority to hate and I will rule the world"  Bit like Bush really, come to think of it !!!!
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Let's see.....Bush, the chimp;  Bush, Hitler; the stupid Bush;  the stupid Bush chimp; cross dressing cheerleader Bush:  (just a few of the names I have seen on Yahoo since I started coming on).    This is all so laughable,   Bush must be the brightest man on earth!  After all,   he aimed a hurricane at the gulf coast, he flew not one but two planes into the towers and found time to fly a third to the ground in Pa , he is single handily fighting a war, and he stole not one but two elections!!!  (this is just a small portion of the list of evil deeds libs have accused him of).  It's hard not to laugh,  Time for libs to grow up!!
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No! Does everyone not seem to notice that terrorism became large scale when Bush came into power? Nothing like this ever happened when Clinton was in power. I won't deny that Clinton had his faults, but when he it came to international relations, the man was on top of his game. Unless, the US elects a more intelligent and a more capable president, I fear that any actions taken by Bush and the US government will only make things a whole lot worse.
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The way he is rubbishing rule of law and international conventions... i guess he is the Hitler in the making...
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I definitely AGREE! Bush and Hitler r the same. bush just sends his people to war and they r just being killed and bush doesn't give a shit what happens to them. Bush can burn in hell. the only reason y he went over to Iraq* is because that crazy ass dude that ran the country almost killed Bush's father so bush wanted to go over there and get revenge for his daddy. bush can burn in HELL!