Is Putin really Hitler?

Part of the propaganda messaging the neocons love to repeat ad nauseam is that Russia is the new Nazi Germany and Putin is the modern Hitler. It makes good TV but what's the evidence for this?

The neocon war drums are beating louder than ever for the U.S. to go to war on multiple fronts with various rival nations — Russia, Iran, China. All three were mentioned as needing a beat down from the U.S. military at a June 11 Senate hearing dominated by the slithery slimy Lindsey Graham.

But it wasn’t just Graham.

The pro-war propaganda show started when General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the top military advisor to President Trump, told senators that he does not believe Russian President Vladimir Putin would stop at Ukraine if he succeeded in conquering the country.

Caine made the comment during testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, where he appeared alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to address U.S. military posture and global threats.

When Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asked whether he believed Putin would stop at Ukraine’s borders, Caine said, “I don’t think he is.”

Hegseth, who was asked the same question, responded mo…