Obama is Nothing Like Hitler — He is the “Peace for Our Time” Chamberlain
I have to laugh when people (mostly conservatives) compare Obama to Hitler. Yes, both of them came to power during a Depression (or a severe Recession, because a rose is still a rose no matter what you call it). However, Hitler was merciless in his takeover of Europe. Obama, although he is now the Chief Executive of our military, hasn’t even made any decisions about Afghanistan. Furthermore, he continues to be conciliatory with some of the most ruthless dictators in our age.
No, Obama is nothing like Hitler.
But Iran’s current leader is.
Consider the post-WW I Germany — they had just lost WW I. The other nations of Europe had basically humiliated Germany. They were in the Great Depression (just as America and Britain were at the time). Then comes a leader, whom initially many Germans did not like! But he brought stability to Germany, and a party of younger people who bought his ideas.
Compare Hitler’s rise with Ahmadinejad’s rise to power. There are far more similarities.
After the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980′s, Iran was reduced to mullah reign. The once thriving universities and commerce had been destroyed in the war. Many fled the country. In fact, there are many “Persians” here in the United States, who remember the Iran-Iraq war far better than any Gulf War. Compare the ideologies of Hitler with those of Ahmadinejad. Again, very similar. How does Ahmadinejad use his ideologies? To try to incite his people to unite. No, Ahmadinejad is far more similar to Hitler than Obama will ever be.
What is Obama then? In recent press, apparently Obama is someone who slaps Ahmadinejad with mere words. Why, Obama is Neville Chamberlain, folks. History repeats itself.
Prime Minister Chamberlain says all is well, after meeting with Hitler
“Yesterday afternoon, I had a long talk with Herr Hitler. It was a frank talk. It was a friendly one. And I feel satisfied now that each of us fully understands what is in the mind of the other. I am going to have another talk with Herr Hitler, only this time, he has told me that it is his intention to come halfway to meet me. He wishes to spare an old man another such a long journey. [applause]” — Chamberlain
And of course the famous ironic words of Chamberlain after the Munich agreement:
“My good friends, this is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany to Downing Street peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. And now I recommend you to go home and sleep quietly in your beds.”
. . . after which Germany invaded Poland. And a bloody World War II ensues. Does appeasement work? According to history, no.
Neville Chamberlain declares war on Germany
“I am speaking to you from the cabinet room of 10 Downing Street. This morning, the British ambassador in Berlin handed the German government a final note, stating that unless we heard from them by 11 o’clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently, this country is at war with Germany. You can imagine what a bitter blow it is to me, that all my long struggle to win peace has failed. That I cannot believe that there is anything more or anything different that I could have done and that would have been more successful. Up to the very last, it would have been quite possible to have arranged a peaceful and honorable settlement between Germany and Poland, but Hitler would not have it. He had evidently made up his mind to attack Poland whatever happens, and although he now says he put forward reasonable proposals which were rejected by the Poles, that is not a true statement. The proposals were never shown to the Poles nor to us. And though they were announced in the German broadcast on Thursday night, Hitler did not wait to hear comments on them, but ordered his troops to cross the Polish frontier the next morning. His actions shows convincingly that there is no chance that this man will ever give up his practice of using force to gain his will. He can only be stopped by force. . .” — Chamberlain
Thing is, Chamberlain had no clue about how to handle a military. His idea of “force” was to drop fliers on Germany, begging them to change their minds.
Thus, Chamberlain was kicked out, and Winston Churchill took his place as Prime Minister as Germany blitzkrieged London and other cities. It was also Churchill who led England out of WW II to victory.
Problem. If Iran decides to attack the U.S. because of our snivelling Chamberlain, where is our Winston Churchill to come to the rescue?
