The French Fuhrer: Genocidal Napoleon was as barbaric as Hitler, historian claims

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Great Article Bootie,
Thanks for sharing.

A street in Paris named Rue Richepanse (after Antoine Richepanse, a general responsible for atrocities in the Caribbean) has recently had its name changed to Rue Solitude.

Interesting new name, Rue "Solitude".
Solitude: Isolation or seclusion.

Napoleon, then First Consul, was the man who, for the first time in history, 'asked himself rationally the question how to eliminate, in as short a time as possible, and with a minimum of cost and personnel, a maximum of people described as scientifically inferior'.

Sulphur was extracted from Haitian volcanoes and burned to produce poisonous sulphur dioxide, which was then used to gas black Haitians in the holds of ships - more than 100,000 of them, according to records.

If Hitler learned any lessons from Napoleon, one must have been that victory required callousness, not just in the leader but in those around him.

Beyond the colorful banners,
Beyond the pomp of the march,
Beyond the ecstasy of the ceremony,
Beyond the hypnotizing veil of propaganda,
Beyond the blatant lies of self serving historians,
The Truth.

Napoleon, Hitler, these are gross examples of what war requires of men: The denial of your humanity,
And the sacrifice of your will to the alter of Power.

These were not "Men of their Time".
These were Timeless men,
And their lives Meta-Metaphors for our own.