Uncle_Fester wins BINGO today.

There are times when statesmen must have the courage to do something unpopular. But their unpopular actions must be properly prepared, and must be put in the proper form, so that their peoples will understand. The man on the street is usually not as unreasonable as some think. Since it is he who usually has to bear the heaviest burdens that result from unpopular policies, he at least has a right to know why things are being done this way and not that way. All practical politics depends on its persuasiveness. It is no sign of wise leadership to acquaint the nation with hard facts overnight. Crises must be prepared for not only politically and economically, but also psychologically. Here propaganda has its place. It must prepare the way actively and educationally. Its task is to prepare the way for practical actions. It must follow these actions step by step, never losing sight of them. In a manner of speaking, it provides the background music. Such propaganda in the end miraculously makes the unpopular popular, enabling even a government’s most difficult decisions to secure the resolute support of the people. A government that uses it properly can do what is necessary without running the risk of losing the masses.

-- Joseph Goebbels, from Der Kongress zur Nürnberg 1934

Does it mean anything? Who knows. Take the best toss the rest. We did it with operation paperclip, medical research, and a bunch of other things. For those with a hatred toward someone else or groups or ethnicity or whatever (whether nazis, jews, communists, blacks, muslims, christians, american nuclear program - whatever) can you separate the 'method' from the 'man'?

Yes, yes you can. The method is a tool. It doesn't carry morality. It's what is done with the tools that matter.

Now if you'll pardon me, there is much going on and much left to do. Peace.