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Berlin gets unwanted Ronald Reagan statue
Deutsche Welle ^ | 11.07.2019 | John Silk, Natalia Smolentceva

Posted on 11/07/2019 4:56:33 PM PST by Olog-hai

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will unveil a statue of former US President Ronald Reagan at the US Embassy on Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. […]

For over 10 years, the United States has wanted to honor Reagan with a statue in Berlin. However, the administration of the capital had till now rejected numerous applications from US officials and dignitaries.

Berliners had mixed reactions to the new statue. One older woman told DW that she was not opposed to a statue of Reagan as the US had been a “protecting power” over West Germany.

But a man in his 30s told DW he was opposed to the statue. “I wouldn’t be too happy to connect the fall of the Berlin Wall to Ronald Reagan because he was quite a conservative president,” he said. “He made the Cold War much more intense than it was before.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: berlin; deutschewelle; eussr; fourthreich; germany; grenell; ingrates; johnsilk; nataliasmolentceva; pompeo; reagan; wheresberlinfreeper
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To: Olog-hai

I’m guess we shouldn’t expect gratitude from Germans who collectively thought it was a good idea to elect a bitch with a Stasi background as PM. Talk about fumbling on the goal line!


21 posted on 11/07/2019 6:36:24 PM PST by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
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To: Olog-hai

Never forget that Herr Merkle is a born East German.


22 posted on 11/07/2019 7:06:49 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Olog-hai

Germans ought to get on their knees and thank Ronald Reagan they are not speaking Russian.


23 posted on 11/07/2019 7:27:42 PM PST by wetgundog
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To: Olog-hai

What does a Kraut in his 30’s know about the Reagan years?

He didn’t live through them or was an infant during Reagan’s second term.

Also, the U.S. Embassy is the equivalent of U.S. territory.

A Reagan statue on the grounds of the U.S. Embassy is none of the German’s business.


24 posted on 11/07/2019 7:28:21 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (I'm triggered by liberals and other assorted moonbats.)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

And really, Germany should STFU about anything we do.


25 posted on 11/07/2019 7:30:03 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Olog-hai

That “man in his 30s” shows why I could not give one crap that Germans will be a minority in their own country within 20 years. To hell with them, literally.


26 posted on 11/07/2019 7:35:44 PM PST by montag813 (Sheri Bruder)
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To: SuperLuminal
IMHO, with 20-20 hindsight combined with wishful thinking, the U.S. staying completely out of European war and allowing Hitler to get England would then have allowed Germany to turn it's full military attention to the Soviet Union... The resulting subsequent 5-to-7 year war would have decimated both Germany and the Soviets to the point of a near oblivion that might have taken 75-to-100 years to recover from...

Germany would almost certainly have gotten the A-bomb, and used it on Russian cities. With a V3 or V4 rocket, possibly against us as well.

Then, for his own reasons, FDR and the communist-controlled state department made the Germans into an additional enemy...

Um...Hitler declared war on us, stupidly. Without that mistake, FDR could not have entered the European conflict.

27 posted on 11/07/2019 7:45:55 PM PST by montag813 (Sheri Bruder)
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To: SuperLuminal
the U.S. staying completely out of European war

Kind of hard to do when they declare war on you bub.

When the japs attacked the U.S. we had just one (1) foreign enemy... Then, for his own reasons, FDR and the communist-controlled state department made the Germans into an additional enemy...

See above.

Hitler declared war on US. We did not declare war on Germany until after that.

28 posted on 11/07/2019 7:52:46 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (A hero is a hero no matter what medal they give him. Likewise a schmuck is still a schmuck.)
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To: Olog-hai

Bump


29 posted on 11/07/2019 8:58:26 PM PST by foreverfree
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To: Egon

Given my observations, appreciation for the military and the related sacrifices falls into two camps:

1) family, friends, and fellow patriots

2) the historical records that outlive the otherwise complacent beneficiaries of the day.


30 posted on 11/07/2019 11:32:00 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Olog-hai

Ah yes. Typical Germans. “He made the Cold War more intense.” You mean he overcame you spineless wimps, got tough with the Commies and broke their backs....even as you called him a “stupid cowboy” and lots of other derisive names and claimed you were oh so much more intelligent and sophisticated and nuanced.

Turns out you were just WRONG and he was RIGHT.

And he won.

And that was a wonderful thing for all humanity.

And now you’re butt-hurt about it.


31 posted on 11/07/2019 11:48:20 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: SuperLuminal

Without Western intervention, The Nazis would have defeated the Commies. The Nazi state then would have had everything west of the Urals. That would have been a nightmare for generations at the very least.

The time for the US to stay out of European affairs was WWI. There were no Nazis, the Germans were not seeking territorial aggrandizement and were not seeking to take over. They were fighting a defensive war. It was the Russians/French who wanted to upset the apple cart, not the Germans. Had we stayed out of that war, very likely it would have ground to a reasonable negotiated settlement. There would have been no Versailles Treaty and no Hitler (at least politically) and no WWII.


32 posted on 11/07/2019 11:53:58 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: nutmeg

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33 posted on 11/08/2019 12:04:04 AM PST by nutmeg
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To: Olog-hai

Reagan reminds them about the failure of their commie state...


34 posted on 11/08/2019 1:21:10 AM PST by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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To: FLT-bird

With a Kaiser whose stated goal was to form “a United States of Europe against America”, that was never going to happen.

And remember, Wilson’s re-election slogan was “He Kept Us Out Of War”.


35 posted on 11/08/2019 3:34:20 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: SuperLuminal

That outlook completely ignores the fact that Nazi Germany declared war on the USA in 1941.

It also ignores the fact that at it’s core, national and international socialism are the same thing.


36 posted on 11/08/2019 3:37:16 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: SuperLuminal

*its, not it’s. Infernal auto correct.


37 posted on 11/08/2019 3:38:46 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai; deadrock; Jim 0216; jarwulf; Paladin2; Rurudyne; dsrtsage; rrrod; EEGator; AlaskaErik; ...
The entire statue:

Two recent threads:

WSJ: Berlin Didn’t Want a Reagan Statue—but It’s Getting One Anyway

The Hill: Pompeo to formally unveil Reagan statue in Berlin

38 posted on 11/08/2019 4:34:55 AM PST by Albion Wilde (It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. --Douglas MacArthur)
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To: FLT-bird
That would have been a nightmare for generations at the very least.

Not much of a difference really. Same cold war but with the Third Reich instead of the USSR. Same same.

39 posted on 11/08/2019 4:44:37 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Olog-hai

Budapest has one but of course they wanted it. Condoleezza Rice went there to unveil it. It’s near the US Embassy in an aptly named Liberty Square.


40 posted on 11/08/2019 5:28:36 AM PST by xp38
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