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Driving Saddam's hardware is the most lethal software. He is a master of 20th century totalitarianism. In Republic of Fear, reissued last year by Pantheon, Samir al-Khalil argues that Saddam's political forebears include not just Adolf Hitler -- the precedent George Bush likes to stress -- but Joseph Stalin as well. A corollary to the cult of personality is the principle that everyone but the leader is expendable. In addition to ensuring obedience, terror reminds the followers that they are cannon fodder in the struggle ("the mother of battles," as Saddam would have it) against all who oppose Numero...
...Fetter, a columnist from the Boston Globe, compared Saddam Hussein to the German Kaiser and to Hitler, saying that just as the United States had intervened in the two world wars even though its territory had not been directly threatened, it should also stand in defense of Kuwait today...
...WHITE ROSE. Hitler and the Nazi era continue to fascinate playwrights as a metaphor for evil, both in witless flops like off-Broadway's A Bright Room Called Day and in poignant efforts like this world premiere at San Diego's Old Globe...
...other Middle East experts say they support Bush's decision. Better to stop Saddam Hussein now then be faced with a larger threat later, they say, arguing that the world cannot make the same mistake as it did in World War II by conceding to Hitler...
...next step, a hearing with military officials, can be trying, says Robert Dove, a counselor with the American Friends Service Committee. "Sometimes you get questions like 'What would you do if Hitler killed your grandmother?' I would never believe it if I hadn't gotten that one myself...