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“After visiting these places, you can easily understand how that within a few years Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as one of the most significant figures who ever lived.” – John F. Kennedy Adolph Hitler was raised in a middle class family, and during the early years of his life his family even went through a difficult period of starvation.  After being a soldier in world war I, on January 30 th  1933, he found himself head of the German government, fulfilling the dream of every poor and middle class person who ever sought to make it big. We are all familiar with the story of Hitler that the United States would like you to believe.  Hitler has been made out to be one of the most “evil” people to have ever lived, slaughtering millions of innocent jews.  This same story has been echoed throughout Hollywood for decades, and by now it’s safe to say billions of dollars have been spent to convince you of this black and white, good v...

By Max Fisher, Published: August 29 at 12:50 pm  The United States and allies are preparing for a possibly imminent series of limited military strikes against Syria, the first direct U.S. intervention in the two-year civil war, in retaliation for President Bashar al-Assad’s suspected use of chemical weapons against civilians. If you found the above sentence kind of confusing, or aren’t exactly sure why Syria is fighting a civil war, or even where Syria is located, then this is the article for you. What’s happening in Syria is really important, but it can also be confusing and difficult to follow even for those of us glued to it. Here, then, are the most basic answers to your most basic questions. First, a disclaimer: Syria and its history are really complicated; this is not an exhaustive or definitive account of that entire story, just some background, written so that anyone can understand it. Read award-winning novelist Teju Cole’s funny and insightful parody of...