{"id":691959,"date":"2026-10-24T03:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T03:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=691959"},"modified":"2026-10-24T03:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T03:25:00","slug":"everybodys-hitler-ad-absurdum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=691959","title":{"rendered":"Everybody’s Hitler! Ad Absurdum…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everybody’s Hitler! Ad Absurdum…<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Jack Hunter via Libertarian Institute<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Piers Morgan recently said on his program of Russian President Vladimir Putin, \u201cI do think he\u2019s the nearest thing to a modern day Hitler<\/strong>\u2026\u201d<\/strong> Libertarian Institute Director Scott Horton had something to say<\/a> about that. \u201cYou know what?\u201d Horton said. \u201cNoriega\u2019s Hitler and Saddam\u2019s Hitler and Milosevic\u2019s Hitler and Putin\u2019s Hitler. It sounds to me like Adolf was just another Hitler.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd apparently, any country that America doesn\u2019t like<\/strong>, we can just start an aggressive war against them because they\u2019re all the same as that one guy that one time,\u201d he exclaimed.<\/p>\n

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Morgan: I actually do think [Putin is] the nearest thing to a modern-day Hitler. Scott Horton: Noriega’s Hitler, and Saddam is Hitler, and Milosevic is Hitler, and Putin is Hitler. It sounds to me like Adolf was just another Hitler! https:\/\/t.co\/1G3sDIxm5a<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Furkan G\u00f6z\u00fckara (@FurkanGozukara) October 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Horton is right: There is a broad consensus that the supremely evil, mid-twentieth century German National Socialist dictator, responsible for the Holocaust and other horrors, deserved death and defeat for his crimes. Which is why so many war advocates ever since have tried to cast whoever they want to go to war against as being on par with Hitler. But just like Satan, there can only be one\u2014unless you crave war.<\/p>\n

I could not possibly list every would-be Hitler that American leaders have wanted to take out. Scott listed off a few examples of enemies, real and imagined<\/a>, going back to Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega of the Reagan-era \u201880s<\/a> and Slobadan Milosevic in the Bill Clinton \u201890s<\/a>, and then Iraq\u2019s Saddam Hussein<\/a> in this century.<\/p>\n

In the post 9\/11 era alone, the late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) warned that if Muammar Gaddafi wasn\u2019t taken out in 2011, the Libyan dictator would strike European cities.<\/p>\n

Like Hitler, of course.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe actually means it,\u201d Graham said<\/a> of Gaddafi fifteen years ago. \u201cHitler meant it. He means it.\u201d<\/strong> Graham would also later compare<\/a> Syria\u2019s head Bashar al Assad to Hitler. Graham also assured<\/a> us over a decade ago that the Iranian regime were Nazis, and of course that Putin was also<\/a> Hitler.<\/p>\n

Everybody\u2019s Hitler!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Graham had plenty of company. For starters, he certainly wasn\u2019t the only person to do this with Gaddafi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The same goes for Assad. Secretary of State John Kerry said<\/a> in 2013 that \u201cBashar al-Assad now joins the list of Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein who have used these weapons in time of war,\u201d<\/strong> referring to certain claims<\/a> about the use of chemical weapons. Two decades ago, it was all the rage for some leaders to claim<\/a> Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was Hitler. Trump even said<\/a> this year at the beginning of his war with Iran that its leaders are the worst people since Hitler.<\/p>\n

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) declared<\/a> over a decade ago that \u201cappeasing\u201d Iran was another \u201cMunich moment\u201d like when England negotiated with Germany in 1938. The late Senator John McCain (R-AZ) did the same in 2013 when he said<\/a> of President Barack Obama shaking hands with Cuban President Raul Castro, \u201cNeville Chamberlain shook hands with Hitler.\u201d<\/p>\n

How did all this let\u2019s-get-the-next-Hitler war drooling turn out?<\/p>\n

America\u2019s role in deposing Libya\u2019s Gaddafi created an instability<\/a> in the region that created a vacuum<\/a> for ISIS, a foreign policy decision Obama would eventually call<\/a> the \u201cworst mistake\u201d of his presidency.<\/p>\n

The United States would end up arming<\/a> al-Qaeda members against Syria\u2019s Assad<\/strong>, and now a former member of the terrorist group that carried out the 9\/11 attacks is that country\u2019s president<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever Forget.\u201d<\/p>\n

How has going after the allegedly Hitlerian Iranian government gone<\/a> so far? That disaster is still in progress. But its authors have also teased<\/a> regime change against Cuban Nazis too.<\/p>\n

Surely Cuban regime change<\/a> would be an unparalleled success!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s probably worth noting that the Ukrainian forces U.S. war advocates support have within their ranks actual<\/a> neo-Nazis (something Horton also noted<\/a> to Piers Morgan).<\/p>\n

Also, doesn\u2019t equating everything with Hitler undermine the unique severity of the Holocaust tragedy and ultimately disrespect<\/a> its victims?<\/p>\n

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US combat soldiers read of the death of Adolf Hitler in an ‘Extra’ edition of Stars and Stripes on May 2, 1945. Photo12\/UIG\/Getty Images<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also, for Republicans who constantly invoke this, how many times<\/a> have political opponents of Donald Trump compared the president to Germany\u2019s Fuhrer? Many things can be said about Trump, including exhibiting authoritarian behavior. But Hitler?\u2019That\u2019s not remotely serious. About as serious<\/a> as Republicans comparing<\/a> Barack Obama to Hitler.<\/p>\n

Just stop.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not that so many of these foreign actors aren\u2019t horrific. Of course they are. But the United States can\u2019t go to war with every country on earth to solve every wrong or ill. That\u2019s not America\u2019s mission, or shouldn\u2019t be.<\/p>\n

But the reason to compare every potential war to World War II and every foreign foe to Hitler is because most people find it impossible to argue against a war with Hitler.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s key. Whether it\u2019s true, not so much.<\/p>\n

Everyone we don\u2019t like is not Hitler. It\u2019s dumb and dishonest to say so<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So expect people to keep doing just that.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 10\/23\/2026 – 23:25<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everybody’s Hitler! Ad Absurdum… Authored by Jack Hunter via Libertarian Institute\u00a0 Piers Morgan recently said on his program of Russian President Vladimir Putin, \u201cI do think he\u2019s the nearest thing to a modern day Hitler\u2026\u201d Libertarian Institute Director Scott Horton had something to say about that. \u201cYou know what?\u201d Horton said. \u201cNoriega\u2019s Hitler and Saddam\u2019s… Continue reading Everybody’s Hitler! Ad Absurdum…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-691959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=691959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=691959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=691959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=691959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}