The Hitler Rule

Comparing Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad unfavorably to Adolf Hitler, as White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer did Tuesday, was an unforced error for which Spicer was forced to apologize. Repeatedly.
“We didn’t use chemical weapons in World War II,” Spicer said. “You know, you had a — someone as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.”
Spicer tried to say that using such weapons, as Assad has done, is beyond all internatio