Reading through Daily Kos and a round up of Iraq news. Toward the end is a quote from Ahmad Chalabi. The issue is the ban on the Baath Party from any role in the new government. Chalabi said:
"This is like allowing Nazis into the German government immediately after World War Two,"
The poster then wrote:
Someone needs to tell Chalabi about Godwin's Law.
Godwin's Law pertains to the use of overheated rhetoric invoking Nazis in usenet discussions. The implication is that referencing the Nazis was unwarranted, an unnecessary analogy. Let us examine the parellels that Chalabi mentions.
The Nazi Party and the Baath Party were both lead by megalomaniacal leaders.
Both parties outlawed any type of democracy in their lands.
Both parties murdered mind boggling numbers of their own citizens.
Neither relinquished power willingly.
Both were banned from future government out of fear that they would sieze power again.
From the way it looks to me, this analogy is spot on. Certainly better than any of the Bush=Hitler comments I've seen on signs around town, and definitely not deserving of the snarky comment from Dem From CT.
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