Keith Olbermann is mad again...

[sarahmichelef]

and I can't say I disagree with him (but then, when do I ever?) [Also testing out clipmarks]

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Special comment: Condi goes too far

Olbermann: Secretary Riceâ™s comparison of Saddam to Hitler is not accurate

If Congress were now to revise the Iraq authorization, she said, out loud, with an adult present: "⦠it would be like saying that after Adolf Hitler was overthrown, we needed to change, then, the resolution that allowed the United States to do that, so that we could deal with creating a stable environment in Europe after he was overthrown."

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There is, obviously, no mistaking Saddam Hussein for a human being. But nor is there any mistaking him for Adolf Hitler.

Invoking the German dictator who subjugated Europe; who tried to exterminate the Jews; who sought to overtake the world is not just in the poorest of taste, but in its hyperbole, it insults not merely the victims of the Third Reich, but those in this country who fought it and defeated it.

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[ferriludant.livejournal.com]

Most days I agree with you on the Saddam-Hitler comparison (it's not new, of course -they first trotted it out during the *first* round with iraq).

Once in a while, though, I wonder. Was Saddam's effect smaller than Hitler's because he was less evil, because we stopped him sooner, or because he was less competent?

Then I catch myself...