But really, this is where shit stops being funny.

So there's this thing here, which Politifact rightly calls a war crime.

So, you know who else had pants thought the families of enemies of the state should be held liable for their actions?

Yep, you guessed it.

So, this is the moment when you're like... but wait, that isn't absurd. This is a real example of a paranoid and increasingly unstable authoritarian dictator implementing a brutal and internationally condemned policy, and doing the same thing ACTUALLY DOES REFLECT POORLY ON YOU.

This isn't like wearing the same pants AT ALL!

No, no it isn't.

Fuck.

I miss Ernst Rhoem.