Fog of WAR and 60+ Yrs later

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carl — 10/1/2008 2:00:37 PM (archived)

It's OK to sit back and quarterback History decades later, but in looking trough dads company book and the stories he told to us kids, well, the war had to be ended quick at any cost and prior alligences we overlooked just to get the tech out of the coutry to safety. And the USA was right in interning Japanese Americans during the War?

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Nick, I get real tired of the von Braun whitewash - E.P. - 9/30/2008 10:18:08 PM
- USA Has Stocks of Gas in Europe, more available - carl - 10/1/2008 1:56:31 PM
- The British had huge stockpiles of "conventional" chemical weapons. - alcaray - 10/1/2008 7:29:21 AM
  - Would they have been any worse than incendiaries or atomic bombs? (n/t) - Lee - 10/1/2008 11:25:03 AM
    - Much worse. Hitler likely would have retaliated with his stockpiles of nerve gas. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/1/2008 5:41:25 PM
- Von Braun was used by the US. He was a tool, a pawn. - Bowser - 10/1/2008 3:59:55 AM
  - If Robert Goddard and the Government had been more open... - Socrates II - 10/1/2008 6:33:06 AM
    - Robert Goddard was ridiculed by an influential newspaper: New York Times. - Jacob - 10/1/2008 6:41:32 PM
      - Do you know who introduced Lindberg to Goddard - Socrates II - 10/1/2008 7:16:09 PM
        
        Interesting. (n/t) - Jacob - 10/2/2008 3:17:36 PM
        
        And SWARTZKOF dad was NJ State Police - carl - 10/2/2008 10:46:03 PM
    - Fog of WAR and 60+ Yrs later - carl - 10/1/2008 2:00:37 PM
      - I was simply saying... - Socrates II - 10/1/2008 2:08:02 PM
        
        USA Rocketry Birth Ridiculed - carl - 10/1/2008 2:44:12 PM
- That's probably true and... - Moderator Nick - 9/30/2008 11:36:42 PM

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