@razzatazz: "Hitler ruled through fear and intimidation. He motivated people with the threat of violence, not with actual rhetoric."
Not completely true.
Only not true in the sense that the ones that weren't ruled by intimidation was the military and the police.
For his flaws, Hitler actually was a very motivational public speaker. A good deal of his people followed him, and not through the threat of violence.
This. The Nazis actually became the most powerful party in the German parliament because so many people voted for him (Though he did use a lot of illegal methods).
When I was 12 we were always given very clean versions of history, no politics, at least no overt politics. Personally I don't think that Bush lied just to get his oil buddies rich anymore than I think Rosevelt knew about Peal Harbor in advance. But if you want the kids to grow up to be democrats teaching them that republicans are bad to begin with is a good start. Great empires decline in little ways and teaching kids to hate is one of those ways.
@xwraith: Stalin and Mao were far worse. They took Hilter's genocide numbers and more then quadruple them, and I don't mean together. He's a kitten compared those two.
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