[Darren McCarty]

Cromwell was Hitler before there was Hitler. He belongs in the same category of individuals as Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, and Saddam Hussein.

Too bad Ireland wasn't united in his invasion, or he could have been take out much earlier than he was.

[RegulatorCountry]

Well, in the spirit of historical comparison, Cromwell is to Irish Catholics what William Tecumseh Sherman is to southerners.

[rmlew]

Cromwell’s Irish campaign was terrible. But it was no worse than what Hapsburg armies did to Protestant towns and cities in Germany.