According to this story on CNN.com, Bush recently responded to people in opposition to his terrorist-surveillance program by comparing the threat of Al Qaeda to the threat of the rise of Lenin and Hitler and saying that Americans are making the terrible mistake of “underestimating the words of evil, ambitious men…”.

Hitler and Lenin used fear to manipulate their followers into granting them unchecked power. That Bush would cite these men as examples in order to convince Americans to give up more of our civil liberties is beyond ironic.