Posted on 11/03/2009 6:44:59 AM PST by Shellybenoit
The Berlin Wall was the physical representation of the "Cold War." The structure across the city of Berlin was not built to protect Communist Germany from the forces of freedom, it was constructed to keep the East Germans from fleeing communism. During the 750th anniversary of the founding of the city of Berlin, President Reagan explained the reasons the wall had to come down
We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
In one of the United States greatest victories, just two years later the wall was down communism in eastern Europe was dead and the cold war was over.
On November 9, 2009, Berlin will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a "Festival of Freedom" which will include over 1,000 foam domino tiles over 8 feet tall will be stacked along the former route of the wall in the city center and toppled down.
President Obama was invited to attend the celebration of this great American-led victory. This President who had time to go overseas and try to get the Olympics, who never misses his golf game, says he didn't have time to celebrate the fall of the Berlin wall. Is he really too busy, or does Barak Obama hate the taste of liberty?
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Wow, he really is a sore loser, isn’t he?
He's a marxist commie and it was one of the worst days in young Hussein 0bama's life!
“Why Wont The President Celebrate the Fall of the Berlin Wall?”
Would you celebrate the loss of a loved one?
Zero is still in mourning after all these years.
Because putin told him not to.
I vote for option #2
Because even he would be embarrassed to stand at the Brandenburg Gate and bad-mouth his own country for what it did to bring about the fall of communist tyranny while everyone else was celebrating. Also, for him the fall of the Berlin wall was not a cause of celebration.
You know that, I know that, just about everyone over the age of 35 knows that BUT did you know that it is now being taught that it was built by the west to keep communism IN. The evil west wanted to keep the commies contained. Oy.
He might be forced to say America stood and fought for something good????
Where is it being taught that way? Do you have any references to text books with that printed? Freeper LS would probably love the details on it.
Or possibly George Soros?!?
do you have the names of the text books?
He won’t celebrate because he spent his formative years believing that the Soviet Union and communism were a force for good in the World. Like most leftists, he is quietly peeved that he no longer has the Soviets to call brothers, and can no longer lean on them as a source of strength to calm his insecurities.
But Obama doesn't think in such antiquated, triumphalist terms. Given to apologizing for his nation abroad, he resolutely downplays American leadership. "President Obama is applying the same tools to international diplomacy that he used as a community organizer on Chicago's South Side," the Washington Post notes, approaching "the world as a community of nations, more alike than different in outlook and interest." To the extent that the Cold War doesn't fit this unbelievably naïve worldview, it's an intellectual inconvenience.
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That isn't what he believes.
I'm sure Sarah Palin will do a fine job of representing the United States on the 25th anniversary of the fall of that wall.
“Or possibly George Soros?!?”
That would be my first choice. I’ve believed from the git-go that 0bama is bought, paid for and directed by the puppetmaster Soros.
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