[The_Rorschach]

" 3. Like Hitler, Bush went on to pursue a reckless ultra-nationalist foreign policy without the mandate of the electorate."

Alright, maybe I'm just getting lazy, but while the language in this is aggressive and seeminly meaningful, number three is likke more than a subjective opinion presented as fact. "Ultra-Nationalist" is not a real description. Nationalism is defined as "Devotion to the interests or culture of one's nation," and is therefore already an extreme. But without that descriptor, you are left with a "nationalistic foreign policy" which would be no different from any other country's foreign policy basis.

Now, he goes on to say 'without the mandate of the electorate," and that is rather clever, because he conveniently fails to mention congressional support, trying to say that though he has federal bipartisan persmission, the 'people' themselves did not ask for his measures. But name a country where the "electorate," or civic population, actually does have that strong of a voice in their government's policy making.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, this is such a simplistic and easy generalization to make, it really could apply to just about every country which ever existed and their leaders.

"4. Like Hitler, Bush has accordingly improved his popularity ratings, especially with veterans and conservative Republicans, by mounting an aggressive public relations campaign against foreign enemies. Just as Hitler cited international communism to justify Germany's military buildup, Bush uses Al Qaeda and the Axis of Evil to justify our current military buildup.

Right, same as number 3. No real suprises here. It's pretty ambiguous really, because that is what most governments do - They incite patriotism and conjure bogeymen to justify their own existance. If he is afraid of this military build up, he must have been shitting himself in the street every day from 1959 to 1988. It's a wonder he hasn't died of apoplexy really.

"5. Like Hitler, Bush promotes militarism while in the midst of a major economic recession (or depression). He uses war preparations to help subsidize defense industries (Halliburton, Bechtel, etc.) and presumably the rest of the economy on a trickle-down basis. "

Yeah. . .This is NOT a major recession, or depression. It's a cyclical economic spiral. Major describes the Oklahoma Dust Bowl. The Great Depression. There is no comparing our current economic hardship with what Germany went through in the 20's and 30's. If you'll remember correctly, we began collecting the money they owed us as repairation immediately following the Great Depression. We sent an already poor country into a state which 'poverty stricken' does not begin to even encompass. Hitler's war machine was the sole hope of their economic salvation.

Bush has upped military spending, but it still does not rival what the budget restraints were during the cold war years, nor is it with any imperialistic aim. Furthermore, Hilter neved had a Trickle Down Economics theory. Maybe I'm just splitting hairs, but none of these are all that outrageous, and its only the language he uses which makes them sound provative and somehow menacing.

I know I'm splitting hairs, but really, when making comparisons, one should consider the context, which this guy fails to do time and time again.