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Originally Posted by feeler
This guy was giving credit to a bunch of Nazi.
"We certainly wouldn't have beaten the Russians"
-feeler
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That is something what "intellectual limited" persons like you will never understand!
Wernher von Braun and his fellowship at first were scientists and not Nazis!
Of course they joined/had to join at a certain point in their lifes the the Nazi party (NSDAP). But millions of other Germans did the same. Because of 2 reasons:
1. they wanted to give a boost to their careers, similar to many people who join or sympathisize with the ruling parties of their country today. (Republicans/Democrats)
2. They were totally convinced that this is a good cause/ideology (fighting christianity-hating communism, fighting the depression and the great unemployment and fighting for the rebirth of a proud nation) they couldn't know what all this would affect 12 years in the future.
They were as keen as mustard for this new way/ideology, similar to all these young Obama-followers, who have such great hopes in him.
But they don't know either today if the situation will become better or worse with him in a few years.
So, you see, being a Nazi or Ex-Nazi (NSDAP-Member) does not mean that they were enbodied devils, mostly they were plain people.
And Bob Dean just mentioned that the USA wouln't have made it to the moon before the Soviets, if von Braun and his crew wouldn't have given a boost to the US-research.
That was no credit to Nazism, in no way!
Just a mention of the historical facts.