This is an old news story that this piece is using to reference but the points made are well worth reading.
"Last September, German Justice Minister Herta Daeubler-Gmelin pointed out that George Bush is using Iraq to distract the American public from his failed domestic policies. She capped her statement by reminding her audience: "That's a popular method. Even Hitler did that." She was chastised so severely that she soon recanted. But let's face it, she was right on the money. Rather than recanting, she should have clarified. She wasn't comparing Bush to the Hitler of the late 1930s and early '40s; she was comparing him to the Hitler of the late 1920s and early '30s. And if the jackboot fits?"...read on
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