Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein

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and resumed the draft - this was the first of all of those precincts to be broken. In complete violation of the treaty, Hitler invaded the Rhineland in 1936, claiming it was Germany's ancient homeland. He later invaded Poland in his quest for natural resources of coal and iron ore to strengthen his military. Germany was still impeded with enormous debt from WWI reparations. Similarly, on Aug. 2, 1990, despite the warnings of countries like England, the United States, and other United Nations members, Iraqi soldiers invaded Kuwait because of ancient claims on a homeland, natural resources (oil), and to escape a financial debt of 30 million dollars owed to Kuwait.

In order to unify their followers, both blamed economic troubles on the nations that opposed them and on certain people groups within their own territory. Hitler gassed the Jews in the largest genocide in history. Blaming minority groups is not new. Examples include Pogroms against Russia's Jews and Islamic Turkey's ...

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about the extent of his military hardware and number of troops, until he eventually came out completely unashamed of the fact that he had violated the international treaty. Hussein, likewise, violated the �no fly zones� imposed after the Gulf War and when accused of having weapons of mass destruction (WMD) Saddam refused to give the adequate information needed to the outside world about this topic. Both men not only violated international treaties, but were unashamed and even proud of the fact that they had duped the world. Prime Minister Chamberlain of England thought appeasement would satisfy Hitler. The United Nations put restrictions on Hussein that were in effect appeasements since ...

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