What makes a great politician?

[David Lockmiller]

(12-21-2017 09:03 AM)L Verge Wrote:  Thank you, David, for this synopsis. I will always have respect for John F. Kennedy and his dreams for what America could be. And, Eva, I'm very glad that the German scientists were brought to our country, where they were able to achieve better things for mankind than weapons of mass destruction.

You make an excellent point about the German scientists. These men jump-started the American space program.

Operation Paperclip was a secret program of the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA) in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians, such as Wernher von Braun and his V-2 rocket team, were recruited in post-Nazi Germany and taken to the U.S. for government employment, primarily between 1945 and 1959. Wernher von Braun was one of the most important German weapons specialists to work on rocketry and jet propulsion in the U.S. after WWII. He was chiefly responsible for rocketry for the nation's space program. There was also a group of about 20 German scientists who specialized in Electronics - including guidance systems, radar and satellites.