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Gaugamela

(3,457 posts)
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 06:50 PM 17 hrs ago

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This message was self-deleted by its author (Original Post) Gaugamela 17 hrs ago OP
netanyahu nt msongs 17 hrs ago #1
he must feel so proud. NewHendoLib 17 hrs ago #2
No. Foreign leaders, US Supreme Ct, US congress are at fault as well. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #3
As I said, "he had help, and a lot of it, BUT . . . ' Gaugamela 17 hrs ago #4
But yes the buck stops with him. I agree. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #6
He got by with a "little" help from his fiends. usonian 16 hrs ago #5
Would there have been someone else equally horrendous if Hitler never existed? Gaugamela 15 hrs ago #7
There are ALWAYS little Hitlers taking shape in the "Under us'.... some_of_us_are_sane 15 hrs ago #8
lol. Gaugamela 15 hrs ago #9
Stephen Miller bdamomma 13 hrs ago #14
Ooooo don't get me started on that some_of_us_are_sane 12 hrs ago #16
Yikes, read your history. (Yes, many preceded Hitler) Just to say that supply exceeds demand. usonian 13 hrs ago #11
Really? That's as far back as your history goes? Ever cracked Thucydides? Gaugamela 11 hrs ago #19
We met but it was long ago and my memory is kind of fuzzy from those days. usonian 10 hrs ago #20
unlike most of the memes on social media... that one is ACCURATE. WarGamer 15 hrs ago #10
He will bdamomma 13 hrs ago #12
I can speculate to whom you are referring, but I wish you would just come out with it. Sogo 13 hrs ago #13
Oh really. You can "speculate". What is this, the bullshit brigade? Gaugamela 11 hrs ago #17
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Prepared his people for war against the infidels for 40 years, and died on day 1... Melon 13 hrs ago #15
Ok. And you're point is? Gaugamela 11 hrs ago #18
Yes, purposefully so. BlueTsunami2018 6 hrs ago #21

msongs

(73,487 posts)
1. netanyahu nt
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 06:52 PM
17 hrs ago

NewHendoLib

(61,794 posts)
2. he must feel so proud.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 06:53 PM
17 hrs ago

Irish_Dem

(80,685 posts)
3. No. Foreign leaders, US Supreme Ct, US congress are at fault as well.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 06:54 PM
17 hrs ago

Gaugamela

(3,457 posts)
4. As I said, "he had help, and a lot of it, BUT . . . '
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 06:59 PM
17 hrs ago

Irish_Dem

(80,685 posts)
6. But yes the buck stops with him. I agree.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:28 PM
16 hrs ago

usonian

(24,600 posts)
5. He got by with a "little" help from his fiends.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:15 PM
16 hrs ago


Internet meme. I can't vouch for it at this time.

Gaugamela

(3,457 posts)
7. Would there have been someone else equally horrendous if Hitler never existed?
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:15 PM
15 hrs ago

I doubt it.

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,037 posts)
8. There are ALWAYS little Hitlers taking shape in the "Under us'....
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:37 PM
15 hrs ago

that's where they take shape. Small malicious dead souls who are snatched up by the REAL EVIL that lives JUST BENEATH our notice, pulling strings and re-designing power and control all over the world.

That's NOT paranoia............that's a GOOD NOSE FOR EVIL and knowing how this world spins.

Gaugamela

(3,457 posts)
9. lol.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:52 PM
15 hrs ago

bdamomma

(69,476 posts)
14. Stephen Miller
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 10:32 PM
13 hrs ago

one of many waiting in the wings. Little weasel of a man who is living on a military list for protection purposes.

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,037 posts)
16. Ooooo don't get me started on that
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 11:06 PM
12 hrs ago

Weasel-faced shit-stain of a human-impersonator! Wee Eichmann-wannabe.

usonian

(24,600 posts)
11. Yikes, read your history. (Yes, many preceded Hitler) Just to say that supply exceeds demand.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 10:23 PM
13 hrs ago

Nicolae Ceaușescu
Benito Mussolini
Xi
Kim
Putin
Mao
Stalin
Pol Pot
Vlad the Imaler
Jeffrey Epstein (for cruelty)
Saddam
Idi Amin
Caligula
King Abdullah II (Jordan)
Salman and Prince Bonesaw
Muammar al-Gaddafi
Jean Bokassa
Robert Mugabe
Generalissimo Francisco Franco (rumored to still be dead)
Bin Laden
al-Assad (2 of them, count them 2)
Castro
Jean Claude Duvalier
Hirohito
Ferdinand Marcos
Pinochet
Suharto
Duterte
Bukele (Donal's pal)
ALL of Hitler's thugs.

Probably more
There is no shortage of cruel people.


https://allthatsinteresting.com/deadliest-dictator

Gaugamela

(3,457 posts)
19. Really? That's as far back as your history goes? Ever cracked Thucydides?
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:37 AM
11 hrs ago

usonian

(24,600 posts)
20. We met but it was long ago and my memory is kind of fuzzy from those days.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 01:11 AM
10 hrs ago

Besides, the question was "if Hitler never existed" and it's a bit vague as to whether some ghoul in the past would have maintained their lead, or whether it was a contest post-Hitler.

I interpreted that as Hitler paving the way for future tyrants, implying that later ones were trying to outdo him, a kind of "Dante's steamshovel" to go even lower in hell. That's why I made a disclaimer for his predecessors.

And I stopped going back past Caligula. Did I miss Nero?

Hitler was successful at tyranny, but nothing lasts forever.

Anyway, I rushed that out. Contributions to the list will be ungratefully accepted.

Frickin rogue's gallery.

Cardinal Richlieu?

WarGamer

(18,435 posts)
10. unlike most of the memes on social media... that one is ACCURATE.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:58 PM
15 hrs ago

bdamomma

(69,476 posts)
12. He will
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 10:27 PM
13 hrs ago

meet his dreadful end like any of those before him in past history.

Sogo

(7,134 posts)
13. I can speculate to whom you are referring, but I wish you would just come out with it.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 10:27 PM
13 hrs ago

nt.

Gaugamela

(3,457 posts)
17. Oh really. You can "speculate". What is this, the bullshit brigade?
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:35 AM
11 hrs ago

Melon

(1,358 posts)
15. Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Prepared his people for war against the infidels for 40 years, and died on day 1...
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 10:35 PM
13 hrs ago

Of the war.

Actually the first 30 minutes.

Gaugamela

(3,457 posts)
18. Ok. And you're point is?
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:35 AM
11 hrs ago

BlueTsunami2018

(4,936 posts)
21. Yes, purposefully so.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 05:11 AM
6 hrs ago

The guy was 86 and in poor health. He took no precautions and considered it better for their cause to be martyred than to simply die from cancer.

Khamenei wasn’t merely the head of state, he was the head of the religion, akin to the pope.

This whole “plan” as such was harebrained. Nothing will inspire religious fanatics to fight harder than the assassination of their messiah figure.

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