Tear Down These Walls
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Reagan at Brandenburg Gate - "tear down this wall"
Reagan at Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, Germany. June 12, 1987."Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall."
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Reagan at Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, Germany. June 12, 1987."Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall."
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Today is the 20th anniversary of the symbolic end of the 'Cold War'. Everybody remembers the drama which unfolded over that summer: But fewer people remember the bureaucratic shrug which ultimately brought it down: The Wall was a constant theme when I was younger and I remember being particularly inspired by Ronald Reagan's declaration of his liberalism overlooking the Brandenburg Gate. In many regards...
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And again a total lack of grace; unable to mention Reagan, and somehow worms himself into a story he likely opposed at the time. "Few would have foreseen ... that a united Germany would be led by a woman from Brandenburg or that their American ally would be led by a man of African descent. But human destiny is what human beings make of it." Unbelievable. What the hell has he to do with this profound...