How was Slobodan Milosevic like Adolf Hitler?
1 Answer
I think because he tried to build a Great Serbia invading neighboring countries and he also tried to operate an ethnical cleansing in these same countries or occupied territories.
Explanation:
Although it is difficult to draw an historical, social or ethical parallel between Milosevic and Hitler it is possible to see at least two kind of similar attitudes between the two dictators:
1) Distract away, from internal problems, the attention of the masses by launching a war of aggression against neighboring countries with the excuse of building a Greater Nation and justify the righteousness of this aggression by complaining about the mistreatments of the past.
Germany, after the defeat in WWI, felt humiliated by the peace treaty while Serbia, after the disintegration of Yugoslavia, felt deprived of territories and in need of settling old scores with its neighbors.
Both countries felt damaged and humiliated and both dictators used this sentiment to fuel the hatred and passion of the people.
2) Both dictators pursued a policy of persecution of minorities. Hitler against the Jews while Milosevic against Bosnian, Croats and Kosovars.
Milosevic, like Hitler, didn’t actively took part in the killings or deportations but nevertheless both dictators inspired this kind of violence; the ones perpetrated by followers of Milosevic may be seen as act of “Ethnic Cleansing” (try to free occupied territories of original inhabitants that could oppose the occupation in the short or long term) where Hitler’s persecution of the Jews is far more difficult to place and can be seen as an act of paranoia/revenge against a minority without a clear territorial gain or military goal.
These are two of the similarities I can think of but might be others as well.
