Lloyd Blankfein, the former head of Goldman Sachs, recently issued an asinine comment on the war in Ukraine. Amid speculation that Vladimir Putin might resort to using chemical weapons, Blankfein said it was “ worth noting even Hitler didn’t permit his military to use chemical weapons, though he had them .” This statement is reminiscent of what then White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in 2017, making a comparison with the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad: “You had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.” Wire creator David Simon echoed the point : “Possessing...