When in doubt, call him Hitler

"Hitler, too, prophesied the annihilation of the Jews, saying that a world war would result in the "annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe." Most treated this as empty bluster. The history of genocide in the modern era is that, in the rare instances that political leaders publicly threaten to annihilate enemy peoples, they mean it."

This is a new piece in the New Republic by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen (tip: DLC'er Bull Moose). Let's make this clear:

Iran - nowhere near a nuke and an insignificant army.

Nazi Germany - massive, dominating military which rolled across Europe with ease.