Europe's worst ever tyrant??

[Stumpy Tim]

Blair wasn't a dictator though. He was democratically elected a number of times. Iraq aside, the other wars were also justified.

People who compare Blair to Stalin and Hitler need their heads examined.

 

[JBizzle]

Blair wasn't a dictator though. He was democratically elected a number of times. Iraq aside, the other wars were also justified.

People who compare Blair to Stalin and Hitler need their heads examined.

True. Blair was Europes most successful conman. Never a dictator.

Sent by the power of Gus' tactical genius

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Vlad the Impaler!??!!!! - Some people need to read their FACTS! Considered a freedom fighter in his region.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

OK

I suppose if a dictator actually did something to improve the lot of his country I suppose he should be off the list so Stalin and Atilla the Hun (and I suppose the Mongol Khans) are probably safe. Timurlane (Tamburlane or Timurilenk) (although didnt really enter much of Europe) is probably right up there, practically invented the term 'mountains of skulls'). As the criteria should be a tyrant who abused his own people then in Europe suppose it should be Hitler, Ceasescu, one of the Caesars (Nero?) or Franco.... Mussolini is probably safe... we missing out a lpot of medievals here though and the Medieval Popes would be a good shout, especially Innocent III for the Albigensian crusade.

 

[Shooting Star]

This. People seem to forget he took us to war on the back of the WMD lie. 2 million Iraqis either displaced, wounded or killed. Thousands of children still being born with hideous birth defects due to the effects of the depleted uranium munitions used. And lets not forget the needless deaths of our own fine troops fighting this illegal war and the 'suicide' of whistle blower Dr David Kelly at a lets say.... 'convenient' time.

The man has a serious amount of blood on his hands.

Yeah, has to be Blair, I mean Stalin didn't kill an estimated 20 million people did he?

 

[Simster]

In terms of body count, it is clearly Stalin. And whilst I'd like to point at Hitler's evil facism as evidence that he was worse despite a lower death toll, we can't simply put Stalin's conduct down to pure paranoia. He was an awful man. He had a canal built across Siberia, kept filling the gulags to ensure the labour was available to dig it. 20,000 people lost their lives building it and when it was complete and Stalin visited it, he declared himself "disappointed" at the result. He was a disgusting waste of skin.

I fail to see the funny or clever side of comparing recently elected British PMs to people like Stalin.

 

[Seagull on the wing]

Me...cos I stamp on snails.....HAHAAHA!

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Jose Mourinho?

 

[perth seagull]

Hitler at least had good intentions for the select German people who fit the Nazi ideology (albeit at the expense of everyone else in Europe).

I'm not sure if Stalin had any positive plans for anyone, other than keeping himself in power for 25 years.

 

[Noddy11]

surely the correct answer is Annette, although Slade did well whilst she was off

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Julius striecher

 

[Storer 68]

Surely Queen Elizabeth II is Europe's WORST ever tyrant, with Hitler and Stalin vying for the title of Euope's BEST ever tyrant

 

[Greavsey]

Hitler at least had good intentions for the select German people who fit the Nazi ideology (albeit at the expense of everyone else in Europe).

I'm not sure if Stalin had any positive plans for anyone, other than keeping himself in power for 25 years.

Have those words ever been written in that order before!?

For what it's worth. I think Stalin wins on numbers, and Hitler built a few nice roads.

 

[SeagullinExile]

Blair wasn't a dictator though. He was democratically elected a number of times. Iraq aside, the other wars were also justified.

People who compare Blair to Stalin and Hitler need their heads examined.

How many people lost their lives on the back of this LIE?

He's nothing but a war criminal in my book.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

How many people lost their lives on the back of this LIE?

He's nothing but a war criminal in my book.

Worse than Stalin or Hitler, which is the original question?

 

[Norman Potting]

Having looked again at the thread title surely it should be "best ever tyrant". I am sure some obscure East European state once had a potential tyrant who was short and smelt and so piss poor at tyranting that everyone ignored him until he got cross and emigrated. Just a thought.

 

[Pot noodles for everyone]

I suppose if a dictator actually did something to improve the lot of his country I suppose he should be off the list so Stalin [is] probably safe. .

Are you sure about that? I know you live in Turkey and Turks have interesting ways of excusing genocide but I think even Enver Pasha would be hard pushed to describe in excess of 20 million dead, ethnic cleansing, anti-semitism, the Gulags, the secret police as improving his country's lot.

 

[BlockDpete]

Blair wasn't a dictator though. He was democratically elected a number of times. Iraq aside, the other wars were also justified.

People who compare Blair to Stalin and Hitler need their heads examined.

But what people tend to forget is that Hitler was actually elected by the German people in a democratic election....all be it heavy rigged of course.

Stalin certianly wasn't elected, so I guess he is more of what you could call a tyrant

 

[ryeseagull]

King James II.

No Popery!!

 

[Stumpy Tim]

But what people tend to forget is that Hitler was actually elected by the German people in a democratic election....all be it heavy rigged of course.

Stalin certianly wasn't elected, so I guess he is more of what you could call a tyrant

Either way, to compare Blair to Hitler or Stalin is distasteful.