Picking up on a theme with great currency, Vladimir Putin purportedly said this:
“We do not have the right to forget the causes of any war, which must be sought in the mistakes and errors of peacetime,†Mr. Putin said. “Moreover, in our time, these threats are not diminishing,†he said. “They are only transforming, changing their appearance. In these new threats, as during the time of the Third Reich, are the same contempt for human life and the same claims of exceptionality and diktat in the world.â€
Putin Is Said to Compare U.S. Policies to Third Reich – New York Times