Odd even

Compassion is putting yourself in the other person's shoes and feeling sympathy. It does not require affection. One might feel compassion for Hitler, Stalin or Saddam on learning about their appalling childhoods (like most famous dictators, they lost a parent before the age of 14), or even for George Bush (who had a beastly time), but still hate them for what they did.

OK, so help me someone. I mean with the 'even'. Oliver James doesn't really think George Bush worse than Hitler or Stalin or... Saddam, does he?

A typo? Carelessness? Too many dinner parties? I'm at a loss.