President warns that violence could spawn 'Iraqi Hitler'

[emad]

The Times
By Philippe Naughton, Times Online

Ghazi Yawar, the interim Iraqi President, has given warning that instability could spawn an "Iraqi Hitler" if his country's citizens continue to feel humiliated and despondent like the Germans after their defeat in the First World War.

In a series of media interviews on a trip to London, Iraq's political figurehead also criticised Washington for its disastrous decision to dismantle Iraq's security forces after its invasion last year - which paved the way for a breakdown of law and order.

"We could have screened people out instead of screening them in and this could have saved us a lot of hassle and problems," Mr Yawar told the BBC.

Mr Yawar's criticisms of Pentagon policy in Iraq came a year to the day after the capture of Saddam Hussein created a short-lived euphoria among the US coalition and its civilian administrators.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1402113,00.html

[trotsky]

1. Freedom is on the march! n/t

[hatrack]

2. But I thought Saddam Hussein was the Iraqi Hitler!!

Or was he the Iraqi Stalin? Or was it the Iraqi Ceaucescu? Damn, it gets so hard to keep track of all those villain analogies!!

[jobycom]

7. You need reprogramming. Don't you forget what they tell you to forget?

The Thought Police will be talking to you soon.

[Bouncy Ball]

34. Compulsory reeducation is in order, it seems.

[ze_dscherman]

11. Saddam was "worse than Hitler"

Didn't you get the news? So, if Iraq gets someone like Hitler, progress has been made!

[Barrett808]

15. Do we have a "worse than Hitler" quote?

That would be sweet: "Progress has been made."

[Judi Lynn]

40. I got curious, too, so I took a run to google, and found it.

The facts about "Iraqgate," one of the most complicated and least understood foreign policy scandals in American history, have gradually emerged since the triumph of U.S.-led forces in the 1991 Gulf War. During the tense months before the war began, President George Bush denounced Saddam Hussein as the "Butcher of Baghdad" and "worse than Hitler." But according to investigative reporters, former officials and congressional investigators, Bush and other high-ranking U.S. officials had given secret support to the Iraqi dictator for years prior to Operation Desert Storm. In fact, the Iraqi military machine that Bush sent half a million troops to confront was partly armed and financed by the United States.
(snip/...)

http://www.parascope.com/articles/1196/iraq2.htm

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April 01, 2003
Worse than Hitler
By now it's a cliche to describe dictators as "worse than Hitler", but apparently our leaders actually believe it :

The worst ruler in world history is Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the Pentagon said on Monday. "The Iraqi people will be free of decades and decades and decades of torture and oppression the likes of which I think the world has not ever seen before," Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke told a Pentagon news conference.

Now I'm no history professor, but didn't Hitler kill 12 million people? Assuming Saddam Hussein has killed 100,00 - 200,000 people, that still puts him behind Stalin, Chairman Mao, Pol Pot, and Idi Amin. I know it's pointless to be comparing degrees of evil, but let's get a little perspective here.

http://www.thetalentshow.org/archives/000031.html

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Very popular claim, apparently, among the genius class rightwingdings....

[saigon68]

45. WOW the Pentagon SPEAKS

They have their Lynndie

who attached electric clips TO THE PENISES OF IRAQI POWS

YA that sounds like Hitler ALL RIGHT

LOL

[emad]

3. Devilish plot of Hitler's horoscope:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x91758

[tngledwebb]

4. This Iraqi Hitler is in the White House, at present,

but not for long.

[Ms_Mary]

5. But wait, I thought he fixed that....

[Ganja Ninja]

6. Bush and Company are giving Hitler a bad name.

Hitler here, Hitler there, Hitler, Hitler everywhere!

[fob]

26. It's like a fascist Dr Suesside!

Hitler here, Hitler There
Hitler, Hitler everywhere
One Hitler, Two Hitler
Red Hitler, bush* Hitler!

[Journeyman]

27. I haven't laughed this hard in a long time, SC. . .

"giving Hitler a bad name". . . classic

[oly]

8. The so-called press will act like they never heard that Sadam

was the Hitler a few months ago.

[MaineDem]

9. Man, I thought it was George speaking

I couldn't believe the unmittigating gall of Bush to say something like this!

But I don't think Yawar does much without the guiding hand of the US so maybe they are George's words.

[wovenpaint]

10. Ha ha

HA,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,
Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,
Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,
Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha, HAH!!!

Or....ROTFLMAO

Pot=black

Best laugh I've had this morning. It never fails to amaze me!

[Beetwasher]

12. Iraqi Hitler? Thy Name is Bush!

Bush is to Iraq as Hitler was to Poland.

[tngledwebb]

18. You speak truth.

Wonder how long Herr Hitler would have gone if he could have counted on CNN,NYT, and the rest of our MSM. My guess is we'd all be eating a lot more bratwurst.

[Sara Beverley]

32. Thank you!! Iraqi Hitler and American Hitler thy name is GW Bush.

If unchecked, Bush will be worse.

[librechik]

13. Yeah, after 9/11, look what happened to US! n/t

[tngledwebb]

19. Ask also , after the Reichstag fire,

what happened to Germany and Hitler's political career?

[Vidar]

14. "Iraqi Hitler" for the American Mussolini--makes sense.

[StaggerLee]

16. Springtime for Hitler!

Chorus to be sung by the usual suspects...

[Vidar]

21. Aha. Thats the reason Shrub kept talking about Poland

during the debates.

[Straight Shooter]

17. Let freedom "rein"

Yes, let freedom rein everyone in like a bunch of horses to slaughter.

[Ilsa]

23. Do you ever wonder if maybe they are too embarrassed

to submit that slip of paper ("Let freedom reign") to official archives because it wreaks with bullshit?

[tngledwebb]

24. Not likely,

it hasn't stopped them from releasing big-time BS every single day. And embarrassment doesn't occur in the minds of sociopaths.

[shrike]

20. It already has

And his name is Bush

[Endangered Specie]

22. Funny, I thought the Sturm Abteilung was already there

:shrug:

[RedCloud]

25. Prescott Bush and Hitler!

This means "W" (=whack) is all for the new Hitler!

Hard to imagine the new Iraqi Nazis deserting their mosques and building churches!

[daleo]

28. It is well on its way to spawning an American Hitler

And a pretty good number of "(American) Hitler's Willing Executioners", given the results of the last election (disregarding the issue of fraud for now).

[LynnTheDem]

29. PROGRESS!!! Coz bush & Cartel said Hussein wa sWORSE than Hitler.

LOL!!!

Stupid ignorant assholes & their stupid ignorant bullshit catching up to them.

[tabasco]

30. Oh Nooo!!! Wouldn't want anything like that !!

Somebody who would launch aggressive wars without justification and kill innocent civilians. That would be terible.

Wait a minute....

[bunny planet]

31. Isn't * already the new Iraqi Hitler? Oh, and didn't Allawi shoot five

people in the head at point blank range about 6 month's ago? Sounds pretty hitlerish to me. Unless there is a new designated 'Iraqi Hitler' waiting in the wings to be sworn in by * and Co., I'd say this is old news.

[gristy]

33. too much banter on this thread

The concept of a tyrant rising from the ashes of Iraq's defeated citizenry is all too real.

Bush gives the appearance of being a total doofus. But I don't think a doofus could fuck up Iraq anything close to how he has. I am quite convinced this has been his plan all along, as I can think of no other way to explain it.

[Bouncy Ball]

35. True, true.

And I think sometimes the banter is in reaction to situations we know are grim, but feel powerless to do anything about.

Regardless, yes, Iraq is FUBAR.

[sonicx]

laughing at this administration is all we have.

[bobthedrummer]

36. Watch out for the Chalabi family and friends then.

[VegasWolf]

37. Cmon now guys, chimp = Hitler, that's unfair, Hitler could write a book!

[pdurod1]

38. SMOKESREEN: let's mask the real news of the day

DONT buy it, KERIK is a thug, so is Gulianni. Stupid Bush administrators ingored it. What? is Cheney up to? uhh Refocus!

stupid media

laterness!~

-P

[pdurod1]

39. Bling, Bling, Getto nigga shiiiiit

[Dirk39]

41. What kind of minority will this Iraqi Hitler kill...

after Saddam, Bush and Bush's "Iraqi President" have finished their job(s)?

Will there be any victims left over to kill? This Iraqi "President" sounds optimistic...

Heil from Germany,
Dirk

[Tight_rope]

42. It's interesting to be watching this show...

[donheld]

43. This story makes me sick

bush is the worlds hitler

[shayes51]

46. Love that picture!

[dave123williams]

44. I think we have an Iraq Hitler; his name is George W. Bush.