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Greg D. Moore (Strider)  
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 More options Jan 3 2006, 9:10 am
Newsgroups: sci.space.history
From: "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deletet...@greenms.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 13:10:53 GMT
Local: Tues, Jan 3 2006 9:10 am
Subject: Re: Von Braun - Great American?

"Pat Flannery" <flan...@daktel.com> wrote in message

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> It might be good to remember why exactly the Peenemunde team wanted to
> fall into American hands at the end of the war; IIRC it went something
> like this: "We were terrified of the Russians, we despised the French,
> and the British couldn't afford us."
> That's not exactly seeing the glow of  Liberty's torch.
> I think they were quite willing to jump into bed with anybody who
> wouldn't enslave them and would give them the money to build rockets.

Well, I think the great Sage Tom Lehrer said it best: "A man whose
allegiance
Is ruled by expedience."

Gather 'round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun,
A man whose allegiance
Is ruled by expedience.
Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown,
"Ha, Nazi, Schmazi," says Wernher von Braun.

Don't say that he's hypocritical,
Say rather that he's apolitical.
"Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?
That's not my department," says Wernher von Braun.

Some have harsh words for this man of renown,
But some think our attitude
Should be one of gratitude,
Like the widows and cripples in old London town,
Who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun.

You too may be a big hero,
Once you've learned to count backwards to zero.
"In German oder English I know how to count down,
Und I'm learning Chinese!" says Wernher von Braun.

> Pat


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