Timothy Snyder: No, Obama Is Not a 'Hitler' or a 'Stalin'
The history of the welfare state is actually part of the history
of the struggle against communism. After World War II, wise
Europeans and Americans supported social reforms precisely as a
way to hinder the spread of Soviet power. The Red Army had
brought communism to Eastern Europe; the question was how to
prevent its further spread to the nations liberated by the
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Lisa Kazmier - 11/19/2010  The idea of preventing a revolution
among workers by implementing social reform was invented before
WWII. Hence, using Bismarck is appropriate and it entirely
baffles those with this facile Obama = Hitler (and/or Obama =
Stalin) nonsense.  History News Network