IMO yes it was stupid to say.
I can see where he may have been on the brink of saying something far far more controversial...but then conflated what he was about to say...and blurted out the wrong take on the theme.
ie: Hitler was a diabolical genius doomed to fail ---whereas Assad is a strange ninny without hope of success.
Hitler was infamous but Assad is a sad-sack doofus [similar to North Korea's leader].
Even though Hitler was a badass, it is no comparison to the goober Assad.
Assad is no Hitler...Assad is stupider.
BTW, in the old days, especially before Hitler, Nazi-German enemies made for bonefidely great villains. Hitler was 1st] a self-made genius and 2nd] a meglomaniac foolish death-wishing demagogue ... But today "Our" villains are dopey miscreants. Hitler broke the rules of civility...whereas our present day evil genius's are first maniacs & later, no-man's land ghouls.
Hitler robbed folks ... whereas our present day evil genius's don't know what the hell they are fighting for.
There ain't any half-noble nor even-aspiring-to-be noble adversaries.
There aren't any Hogan's Heros nor Sargent Schultz waiting for the war to end.
I can see where he may have been on the brink of saying something far far more controversial...but then conflated what he was about to say...and blurted out the wrong take on the theme.
ie: Hitler was a diabolical genius doomed to fail ---whereas Assad is a strange ninny without hope of success.
Hitler was infamous but Assad is a sad-sack doofus [similar to North Korea's leader].
Even though Hitler was a badass, it is no comparison to the goober Assad.
Assad is no Hitler...Assad is stupider.
BTW, in the old days, especially before Hitler, Nazi-German enemies made for bonefidely great villains. Hitler was 1st] a self-made genius and 2nd] a meglomaniac foolish death-wishing demagogue ... But today "Our" villains are dopey miscreants. Hitler broke the rules of civility...whereas our present day evil genius's are first maniacs & later, no-man's land ghouls.
Hitler robbed folks ... whereas our present day evil genius's don't know what the hell they are fighting for.
There ain't any half-noble nor even-aspiring-to-be noble adversaries.
There aren't any Hogan's Heros nor Sargent Schultz waiting for the war to end.