Was Benito Mussolini an evil man?

Question

Possibly this question belongs in law & ethics, however I've written it here.

Answer 1

Yes. He was a demagogue, a populist, an extreme nationalist, a militarist, an anti-liberalist, an anti-communist, an imperialist, a dictator, an anti-Semite, a fascist and a close ally of the fascist dictators Francisco Franco and Adolf Hitler.

During the invasion of Ethiopia he used chemical weapons (mustard gas and phosgene), bombardments of Red Cross posts, forced labour camps, mass executions (by hanging, decapitation, throwing from airplanes and impalement), hostages killings, the mutilation of the corpses of enemies, and the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians .

"Benito Mussolini", Wikipedia, 2007-04-10 :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mussolini

Answer 2

He was the creator of fascism, persecuted and killed political opponents, invaded Abyssinia, put Italy into 2º WW without a justifiable reason... well, off course he was an evil man. And was not very smart, too (for example: when his government declared war on Britain and France, in 1940, Mussolini didn't knew how many planes the Italian air force had! And even without that important information, he decided to declare war and invade the South of France).

Answer 3

Mussolini, Benito, 1883 -1945, Italian dictator, founder and leader of FASCISM. A Socialist in his youth. He was working as Editor of "Avanti " , a Milan daily, but broke with Socialism in World War 1, and founded his own paper " Popolo d, Italia ". Served in the army from 1915-1917, and was seriously wounded. Later with the help of his followers, and formed nationalist - socialist party. Taking advantage of unrest, invaded Rome on 28 th October 1922. The King Victor Emmanuel 111, called him to form a cabinet.

Then gradually he started showing his dictatorship. he suspended the parliament in 1928 and replaced with fascist corporative state. Later he conquered Ethiopia in 1935 and Albania in 1939, and allaid himself with Hitlar in 1940, and entered WW - II.

After invasion of allieds who captured Italy, he established a puppet government in North Italy.

He, was captured and shot by Itallian partisans, after the collapse of German army.

Now, you have to decide whether Mussolini an evil man or not.

Answer 4

Evil? He was a nice guy, Adolf Hilter and Benito were pals. Both only wanted to help out the world by killing and murdering.

By age eight, he was banned from his mother's church for pinching people in the pews and throwing stones at them outside after church. He was sent to boarding school later that year and at age 11 was expelled for stabbing a fellow student in the hand and throwing an ink pot at a teacher.

He was just a tad ADD.

Answer 5

He was as evil as Adolf Hitler! But Hitler ended up making a fool of Mussolini and the citizens of Italy dragged his mutilated body through the streets and flogged and beat his remains till he was un recognizable!

Answer 6

No - he got the trains running on time and the government to work - just had poor judgment in friends (Hitler) and wars - (got beat in Ethiopia and the Second World War)

Answer 7

It depends your political opinions .

What is sure , he was a liar.

He was journalist and claimed that you can tell what you want still people forget so quickly

and he did not know how to choose his friends

Answer 8

Hitler and Mussolini the devil incarnation. Saddam must have been a very close relative

Answer 9

No, He was a great person, who loves to his country and the america and briten proclaimed him as a evil man.

Answer 10

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWmussolini.htm
http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mussolini.html
http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/mussolini.html