I object to the implication that when I compare some world leader to Hitler, I am "out of ammunition." Sure, if somebody says only "I don't like Bush --he's just like Hitler", then THAT person is both out of ammunition and incorrect. Conservatives compared Poi Pot and the current North Korean leader to Hitler, and gave reasons, and IMO they are correct.

I said only that there are disturbing similarities in the Bush administration, its recent acts, and its apparent direction to those of Hitler. And I gave examples also. True ones. Bush is not "just like Hitler" and I never said he was. But I have said that Bush is getting a bit too much like Hitler for my comfort level. Does anybody disagree that our freedoms are being erroded? By the way, I stand by my statements that there was lack of valid reasons for a first strike on Iraq, according to traditional US military principles.

Other ways Bush's conduct is disturbing to me is his ever increasing harsh and militant language. In the '00 election, he spoke of being a uniter, not a divider, and of being a compassionate conservative. Now, his words are vile concerning his opposition, he has rid his "inner circle of anybody approaching a moderate Republican, and even used the pardoning of the Thanksgiving turkey as a forum to blast Michael Moore. I don't expect Bush to like Moore, but this language on this occasion was tastless and mean spirited. Clinton didn't blast Rush Limbaugh at his turkey pardonings, did he? Bush's increasingly mean spirited retoric is IMO another move in the Hitlerian direction.

Thanks,
Richard