Reply #34: I was thinking more about the torture aspect [View All]

And waging of aggressive war on nations that present no threat, using a pretext of lies and control of the media. Also, the slow subversion of a democratic constitution and replacement of it with the lawless rule of the strong.

It is true that Bush has not managed Hitler's numbers (yet). He is a work in progress. But Hitler had about 12 years to accomplish his work, and hadn't really even started by year 4 or 5 (that would be 1937 or 1938, I think). Also, Bush could unleash scales of death in a day or two that would make Hitler green with envy, so don't mis-underestimate him.

Also, I don't believe that Dictator A has to follow Dictator B in every feature for the comparison to be useful. As for the reincarnation element, well some people take that sort of idea pretty seriously. I don't know where I stand on that yet.