I have repeatedly claimed that Putin is today's Hitler. For long, it was not accepted to compare Stalin with Hitler, but then Lord Bullock published his outstanding book "Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives" in 1993 & we got a decent comparison. We need to start now with Putin.
Hitler & Putin have many similarities. I stay out of their simple backgrounds, but they were both racists, neo-imperialist, anti-democratic, alien to human values, furious & not very rational, though Hitler was fast & Putin rather slow.
Their defining moments were for Hitler the start of World War II against Poland on September 1, 1939, & for Putin the start of World War III against Ukraine on February 24, 2022. These were two unjustified & unprovoked wars of aggression, the worst international war crime.
Both Hitler and Putin are outrageous racists. Hitler focused on Jews, Putin on Ukrainians. We know Hitler's deeds. Putin appear to want to kill as many Ukrainians as he can. Don't tell me he won't! Our interest is to stop him from doing that.
Hitler had his awful death camps. Putin has showed in action that he is comfortable with massive terror bombings of civilians in Grozny and Aleppo. He has used chemical weapons for murders in Russia and Britain. Everything indicates that he is preparing to do so in Ukraine.
Hitler had his lawless SA and Putin has his lawless Kadyrovites and Wagnerites. Neither could care less about law.
Hitler, Goering et al enriched themselves considerably, but there is no comparison with Putin's kleptocracy. My assessment is that Putin has enriched himself to the tune of $120 billion.
Hitler was enchanted with the idea of Götterdämmerung as illustrated by Richard Wagner. Putin might be a similar deadender. Europe could not be free and peaceful until Hitler had died. Nor will it be free or peaceful as long as Putin has any power.
The conclusion is that the West needs to engage fully for Ukraine to stop Putin now and not wait for some futile Pearl Harbor. We don't need Pearl Harbor to be repeated.
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