WWII PARALLELS

James Joyner | Friday, January 31, 2003

Michael Dobbs of The Washington Post argues that there are parallels between today’s Bush-Blair meeting on the impending war with Saddam and the pre-WWII dialogues between Churchill and FDR on Hitler. In this case, the relationship is reversed, in that Churchill was pushing a reluctant FDR into action against the strong opposition of the American public. Not to mention the fact that Saddam isn’t exactly Hitler. Yes, both were/are rather despicable tyrannts willing to kill their own citizens to achieve their political aims. But Saddam doesn’t appear ready to invade Poland, let alone France. (Although, in another interesting case of deja vu, the French are once again unwilling to fight.)

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia.

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