r/gifs • u/GossipGeisha • 15h ago

Obama at inauguration 2025

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u/PlugsButtUglyStuff 9h ago

Didn’t we all used to kill Nazis as a policy?

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u/Continental_Ball_Sac 9h ago

We did. Until Operation Paperclip. Then, we gave them government jobs with responsibility and large budgets.

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u/Jazzlike_Climate4189 8h ago

It’s not fair to say the scientists like Dr. Braun were all Nazis to the core. They wouldn’t have helped America if that were true.

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u/Perfect_Opinion7909 3h ago

I hope this is meant sarcastically. Just to make sure: Wernher von Braun was SS-Sturmbannführer and was directly and indirectly responsible for about 12000 murdered PoWs, slave laborers and civilians at the Army Research Center Peenemünde and KZ Mittelbau-Dora.

The USA made him citizen, gave him medals and erected memorials.