What do Americans, Germans, Italians and Russians have in common?

[Q]

Answer:

Bush*

Hitler

Mussolini

Stalin

[sweetheart]

1. and... france, china, chile, guatemala, israel

Napoleon

Mao Tse Tung

Pinochet

<don't know 'is name>

Sharon

[kalian]

2. Then add....

China...Mao...
Cambodia...Pol Pot...
Cuba...Castro...

Are you talking political affiliation or just plain dictatorship...?
You see, Stalin was a left-wing dictator, although that can be
debated.
I strongly believe that once a dictator gets into power...political
affiliation no longer applies. The only difference is that both
Mao and Stalin had to answer to the Politburo...which in of itself
was, theoretically, more powerful than the PM himself. Same thing
could be said about Castro...although I have my doubts.

Hitler and Mussolini were dictators in the "purest" sense. ALL power
resided with them...and their cohorts obeyed.
Pol Pot didn't have a politburo and was closer in "style" to Hitler
and Mussolini than Mao.

Kinda interesting.

Saddam...Iraq...
Ayatollahs...Iran...
Qahdaffi...Lybia...
Ah yes...Manuel Noriega...Panama... Does being backed by the CIA
count...? :shrug:

[sweetheart]

3. iran would be the US installed Shah

ayatollas are side effects

[kalian]

4. True...but this is a classic "political pendulum effect"...