10-24-2018, 11:25 AM
(10-24-2018, 07:55 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: 1. One would have needed a credible crystal ball in 1933 to see that Adolf Hitler was so monstrously evil and dangerous. After all, he thwarted what might have been a Commie takeover in Germany and protected property rights (except the property of Jews). Many hoped that he would come to his senses about the Jews; he obviously didn't. Short of that he was a godsend to German plutocrats and executives who were able to get high profits due to rearmament and the suppression of organized labor.
Wasn't it enough to read Mein Kampf?
Quote:The Arab Spring was inevitable, and it is unfortunate that it did not do to Bashir Assad what it did to Qaddafi.
From thirtyish intelligentsia peacefully protesting to ISIS - a long road, innit?
The protest wouldn't kill Qaddafi by themselves, Western air strikes were needed.