Vladimir Putin and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili

Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili: It was floated first on CNN last week, where former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili who fought and lost a war with Russia six years ago over a place called South Ossetia compared Mr. Putins stealth takeover of the Crimean Peninsula to the Nazi annexation of Sudetenland in 1938. The Canadian government has since embraced the storyline, with Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird using the Sudetenland comparison while denouncing Russian military moves in the Ukraine. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Ukraine Minister says Ukraine willing to negotiate with Russia Its a narrative thats growing in popularity in the West: Vladimir Putin as a 21st-century Adolf Hitler, an unhinged dictator bent on collecting lost Russian lands. Globe editorial How should the West react to Russias Crimean coup? (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.