[Numbers Guy]

Asner said people who regard Saddam Hussein in the same manner as Adolf Hitler should rethink the reasons Iraq is in its current condition. He said years of economic sanctions and the effects of past U.S. strikes against the country have put the people in a tough position.

In 1938 Asner would have said "you should rethink the reasons Germany is in its current condition. Years of hyperinflation and reparation requirements and the effects of past Allied demands on the country have put the people in a tough position".

[Conspiracy Guy]

That would require that Ed Assner have knowledge of history. Don't you know he is an actor?