Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): Republican presidential candidate and former US Senator Rick Santorum has compared the stakes in the 2012 election to conditions leading to the World War II, and added that Americans must model themselves after the Great Generation that fought Germany and Japan in the 1940s.
"Sometimes generations have to step forward, sometimes freedom is actually at stake," Santorum told the crowd of about 200 people at a dinner in Ohio.
"No one's asking you to put a uniform on. What I'm asking you to do (is) do your duty to be good students and to go out in the next few weeks, fight in this primary, giving clear contrasts between the two leaders who want to lead this country," he added.
According to CBS News, much of Santorum's speech was focused on drawing differences with the current Obama administration and likening conditions today to the bombardment of Europe by the German Luftwaffe and the "dark" that spread across the continent.
He described Americans as 'hopeful and optimistic' people that want to believe everything will turn out favorably, just as they did during World War II.
"You give us this mandate, here in Ohio. You will be the next Greatest Generation of America," Santorum said.
According to the report, this is not the first time Santorum has used historical analogies on the campaign trail. He often contrasts America's revolution to its French counterpart at the end of the 18th century. (ANI)
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