Peter Mehlman, psychic
You could argue that even the world's worst fascist dictators at least meant well. They honestly thought were doing good things for their countries by suppressing blacks/eliminating Jews/eradicating free enterprise/repressing individual thought/killing off rivals/invading neighbors, etc. Only the Saudi royal family is driven by the same motives as Bush, but they were already entrenched. Bush set a new precedent. He came into office with the attitude of "I'm so tired of the public good. What about my good? What about my rich friends' good?"How can anyone not see it? It's not that their policies have been misguided or haven't played out right. They. Don't. Even. Mean. Well.
Wow! Mehlman can not only look into Bush's mind and examine his motives, but into the minds of Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, the Emperor Boukassa and the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld.
This isn't even moral equivalence. It's a statement that the above worthies are the moral superiors of Bush.
There are a lot of countries now being run by well-meaning tyrants. If Bush is that horrible, why doesn't Mehlman emigrate to one?
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