[azcap]

The author ranks Reagan and FDR on the the premise that Fascism/Nazism/Japanese Militarism was the greatest evil of history and Communism was the second greatest evil. I think he has his evils backwards. Fascism was no doubt an evil of tremendous measure but you have to consider that those outside of the fascist countries mostly saw it for the evil it was. Fascism required the force of arms to spread beyond the Axis. Communism on the other hand spawned a hundred marxist movements and sentiments that gave the world socialism, the modern statist Europe, green environmentalism and the modern US Democratic party. Fascism is dead. Communism has evolved and prospered.

[Non-Sequitur]

Fascism is dead.

I think that I have to agree with the author on this. Communism, while a threat, would have fallen of its own accord in time. The complete bankruptcy of every communist economy is an indication of that. Facism, on the other hand, might have continued to grow and would have been a much greater threat to the world if Hitler hadn't committed national suicide by starting the second world war.

[Irene Adler]

"The author ranks Reagan and FDR on the the premise that Fascism/Nazism/Japanese Militarism was the greatest evil of history and Communism was the second greatest evil. I think he has his evils backwards."

So do I. Communism managed to murder far more human beings than Fascism/Nazism did.