[Idaho_Cowboy]

I wanted to post this to show the reason we have a 2nd amendment. One of the greatest dangers in histories is a dis-armed people ruled by an unchecked armed government. The body counts speak for themselves.

[laplata]

Thanks for posting.

There is no doubt in my mind that without our Second Amendment, Obama would certainly have already been put on that list.

[newfreep]

Totalitarians, by definition, are leftists embracing a Central Planning governing model.

Citizens who can defend themselves would be an obstacle.

[yarddog]

Neither Pinochet nor Franco belong on that list. Julius Caesar should probably be on it.

[nevergore]

I met Ida Amin in the early 80’s....He was a charming guy...spent about 2 hours with him one-on-one.....

Of course, I knew he was a ruthless killer and a horrible human being but in a non-threatening environment, he was a very charismatic person.....

[stormhill]

Agree with the general theme; however, I do believe Augusto Pinochet got a bad rap because communists had to divert attention from the economic miracle he created by following the advice he got from Milton Friedman.

[dfwgator]

Pinochet and Franco were heroes who saved their countries.

[Alas Babylon!]

Pinochet! WTF???

He was mild compared to all the rest.

The Left hated him because he stopped a communist takeover dead in its tracks.

Note we don’t see any Castro, Guevara or any of the NORK Kims... No Saddam, Ayatollah or Qaddafi.

[Scrambler Bob]

M4L ruthless

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Torquemada, Torquemada, Torquemada, you can’t talk him outa anything!

[nevergore]

My wife and I also spent time with Deng Xiaoping and his wife...he was the butcher of Tiananmen Square......This happened after I met him.....

Very polite and warm......

[ForYourChildren]

http://jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/deathgc.htm

[Slyfox]

Queen Mary I (aka Bloody Mary)

Remove this lady from your list please.

[Dartman]

Does Kerry know his idol “Jenghis” is on this list?

[catfish1957]

Didn’t the History Channel have a documentary on something similar a number of years back? If I remember correctly Gengis Khan won (interesting descriptive) that dishonor.

[dp0622]

Torquemada let’s face it, you can’t torquemada anything!

Actually, the American presidents during WWII could theoretically be up there and that would be fine with me.

But they did it for the good of the country and not themselves.

Dresden bombing and dropping atom bombs were pretty ruthless :)

No problem with the A bomb, a little bit of a problem with Dresden.

But i could be wrong.

and who made a tower out of live men!!! have to look that one up or go to the link

[MuttTheHoople]

I disagree about Franco and Pinochet. They were tough and ruthless, and I probably wouldn’t want them to rule me. However, they were fighting Communists the whole time they were in power.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Surprised they didn’t make the list 10000 names ling so they xould squeeze on an evil founding father

[SES1066]

In the 'rankings' of these rulers, we have those who have killed hundreds (Mary I & Elizabeth Báthory) to those who killed tens of millions (Hitler, Stalin & Mao). Perhaps a better measure would be per capita deaths which would, I think, put Pol Pot at the top. Still it is those who were secure in their power who gave free exercise to sadism, cruelty and slaughter that I hold most evil; Timur the Lame, Elizabeth Báthory, King Leopold II, Talat Paşa, Hitler, Stalin, Mao & Pol Pot.

[MuttTheHoople]

Torquemada

[dp0622]

how did two Catholics who killed a few thousand and a few hundreds respectively, make the list? :)

There are guys like Hitler and Stalin who killed tens of millions!!!