@Paul-Martin
Mussolini was not bad. of course the communists did not like him but he did well for the Italians.
yes, he did invade absyinnia and I think Bulgaria but that was a time for empire building and one should be judged by their
times and not by looking backward with the moment of today.
a womanizer but then what Italian isn't.
he did not like Hitler but since England reneged on the promises to Italy after world war one was over he looked around and decided to go with the man who in the late 1930's looked like a winner.
ein volk, ein Reich, ein fuhrer. not a bad slogan in the 30's but of course by the 40's it was a nightmare and it was too late for
Benito to walk away.
@Paul-Martin
we are speaking about the "range" of dictators, aren't we.
on the large scale, Benito, was a piker.
I mean have you heard of pol pot or mao or Stalin ?