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54. Neither Hitler nor Assad considered their gas targets "my people"

Wed Apr 12, 2017, 01:50 PM

Apr 2017

Nor did Saddam consider the Kurds his people. This made the gassings okay in their eyes but not in the eyes of anyone else in the world.

As far as battlefield use of gas...Hitler had a chemical warfare program. The nerve gases Tabun and Sarin were accidentally invented by Bayer chemist Gerard Schroeder...Schroeder was an insecticide chemist, was trying to make a better insecticide, and invented something that killed people as easily as it did bugs. Hitler didn't use chemicals in Germany on the battlefield for three reasons: he didn't want to gas "his people," he was afraid of British retaliation (the Brits invented chemical warfare and had a huge program) and he'd been gassed himself during World War I.

None of which excuses Spicer's clear Godwin's Law violation.

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Spicer Says Hitler Didnt Use Chemical Weapons 'In The Way Assad Used Them' (VIDEO) [View all] Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 OP

Wow. I don't think Spicer knows basic world history. The stupidity of skylucy Apr 2017 #1

He went to private schools, private college as well. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2017 #53

Is Sphincter a Holocaust denier? JenniferJuniper Apr 2017 #2

you gotta wonder, he issued a clarification later but that he seemed so clueless is stunning Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #4

"he brought them into the Holocaust centers"... WTF??? Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #3

Holocaust centers? mountain grammy Apr 2017 #5

"Holocaust Centers" Madam Mossfern Apr 2017 #11

"Drawing a contrast"??? JenniferJuniper Apr 2017 #12

"- he brought them into the Holocaust centers, I understand that" - no, I don't think ya do, Spicer. Leghorn21 Apr 2017 #21

He made it worse "innocent people" as opposed to those taken to the "holocaust centers"??? karynnj Apr 2017 #22

I won't type what I'm thinking. "Holocaust Centers"??????????? Solly Mack Apr 2017 #23

Spicey, when you find yourself in a hole you dug yourself, stop digging. George II Apr 2017 #29

AND can he please STOP saying Assiat?? for Assad a kennedy Apr 2017 #6

I think he's talking about trump and slightly mispronouncing "asshat". George II Apr 2017 #30

Ha ha.......eom a kennedy Apr 2017 #38

He is the dumbest press secretary ever, and he has some competition. Alice11111 Apr 2017 #7

Why do they even try? louis-t Apr 2017 #8

He tried to clarify by saying "he brought them into the Holocaust centers" DesertRat Apr 2017 #9

Oh my sweet Jeebus.... dixiegrrrrl Apr 2017 #46

Spicer has to go! DesertRat Apr 2017 #48

Every time these idiots have a microphone, they use like as a shovel Dopers_Greed Apr 2017 #10

You can never go wrong defending Hitler. 6000eliot Apr 2017 #13

Reminds me of an old song JenniferJuniper Apr 2017 #16

Excellent! 6000eliot Apr 2017 #35

Wow. Watching Too Much Neo-Nazi Propaganda? TomCADem Apr 2017 #14

"Innocent people" as opposed to...??? Iggo Apr 2017 #15

Spicer's unspoken reprehensible thought is this: Assad used chemical weapons on KingCharlemagne Apr 2017 #49

The Hitler Rule Botany Apr 2017 #17

So fucked up on so many levels Kber Apr 2017 #18

Heck, Hitler loved gas chambers so much he even had a mobile version: dalton99a Apr 2017 #19

I've got about 3 million reasons why you're horrifically wrong there, Spicey. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2017 #20

Where the hell was United when we seriously needed someone to drag him out of the room?? n/t dixiegrrrrl Apr 2017 #47

Hands down thread winner! Sincere hat tip! - nt KingCharlemagne Apr 2017 #50

Sean, google IG Farben! muntrv Apr 2017 #24

Hitler had gas chambers and ovens Goprox Apr 2017 #25

Yeah, but Hitler only used them on Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, etc. Charles Bukowski Apr 2017 #26

How much you want to bet that he was trying to use something Bannon told him to say. grantcart Apr 2017 #27

Entirely possible, but Spicer has proven himself quite capable of incredible feats of foot-eating. truthisfreedom Apr 2017 #32

Mattis just said "Even Hitler never used chemical weapons on the battlefield" grantcart Apr 2017 #37

I bet you're right renate Apr 2017 #42

I was having flashbacks to 2002-03, when Bush Regime goombahs tried to KingCharlemagne Apr 2017 #51

HOLY SHIT! This guy, yeah this guy spicer IS the definition of a fucking moron. Javaman Apr 2017 #28

Does he not know about the gas chambers? kimbutgar Apr 2017 #31

Their narrative is that the Tomahawk attack had to be done. It wasn't a distraction from Russia. Thor_MN Apr 2017 #45

I guess to him it's like telling a joke - it's all in the way you do it jberryhill Apr 2017 #33

Charles Pierce on Spicer needing to go Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #34

He shouldn't be Press Secretary one more second... chelsea0011 Apr 2017 #39

But who else .. cannabis_flower Apr 2017 #41

yes... the big question though is-- do we want someone more or less bumbling than Spicer Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #44

Despicable, Deplorable & Offensive lucca18 Apr 2017 #36

Needed to restore his street cred with thhe alt-right, after Pathwalker Apr 2017 #40

I thought Tillerson was stupid and dumb...Well this is a new low, or high in dumbness Stuart G Apr 2017 #43

Keep digging, Sean. Mz Pip Apr 2017 #52

Neither Hitler nor Assad considered their gas targets "my people" jmowreader Apr 2017 #54

yes, good points. Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #55