You know why Hitler had support at the beginning to do what he did? Because he was genius. Racial biology was something the whole world, yes, even Sweden and America, had been conducting research in for several decades. Racial biology being that human kind is going down the shitter, due to there being no natural selection going on in the human race. With modern technology and medicine keeping people that were intended to die alive, and retards and handicapped (from birth) getting children, thus spreading there genes forward for future generation. This means that the human DNA will become worse in quality, thus lowering our future chances for survival. Almost the entire world had conducted research in this area.
The goal was to improve the quality of the human genes. To make them purer. For an example, German, and a lot of other countries, had a "pairing" system. You'd recommend people with pure genes, without heart troubles in the family (as it is well-known that those problems can follow you for several generations to come), and good education, to marry each other and get as many children as possible. They would also get better support from the state. Remember, this was something the whole world was doing, and not only Germany. A lot of countries even had a special institute (I believe that's the english word?) for this, called "Institute of Racial Biology". German, before Hitler's rise to power, preferred people with blue eyes, blond etc. to marry each other as long as they had good genes. Some countries, not only Germany, would castrate and sterilize people with retardations and handicaps to prevent them from spreading their bad genes to future generations.
Hitler used this racial biology in his rise to power. In the beginning, he wanted to unite the German-speaking countries under the German flag, as he claimed it would be better that way for all German-speaking countries to be under the same flag. The other European nations, stupidly enough, agreed. Later on, he wanted some other surrounding countries. At this point, Russia became worried of his plans, and told the other countries that they shouldn't give in to his demands. However, they were stupid enough to give him those countries too. Russia was rather upset over this.
Later on, he started attacking other countries, and exterminate the jews, under the pretense that they weren't "pure". Remember, this was all based on a lot of countries' views about racial biology. At this point, the war started, and Russia got their glory in that they were right about Hitler. Hitler, however, was worried about getting attacked from the east, so they made an agreement. If Russia didn't attack him, Hitler would leave them alone. Russia didn't have a lot of military at this time, so they agreed, in order to get a chance to build up their military defense. As they were sure Hitler would attempt to attack them later on anyway. The other countries asked Russia for help, but answered that they were on their own. It was their stupidity, so they can get themselves out of it.
After World War 2, the research about racial biology stopped, and used Hitler and Germany as a scapegoat for it, trying to cover up such research ever took place. In reality though, the entire world held the same philosophy as Hitler did, and performed the very same research. As a matter of fact, the research Hitler's doctors performed are of great medical significance, but due to the inability to duplicate them (as it is illegal to perform such tests on human beings), they are considered obsolete. We still use some of the research which Hitler's doctors used, however. An example of this is lethal injection, used in America to kill criminals.
So no, I can't see any real resemblance between WW2 and the War on Terrorism. However, I will say this, George W. Bush have no real intention of getting all the soldiers out from Iraq, and if possible, he will try to get the other presidents to follow in his footsteps. I do hope your next president isn't as stupid as George W. Bush.
George W. Bush won't have a chance to take complete control over America. In order to become a dictator, it requires someone with a strong personality and the courage to take chances and risk everything. It requires someone with good charisma that can stand out from other people and get them to follow him. It also requires an opportunity, such as an unhappy population. Personally, I don't see George W. Bush fit in to that.
