Posted on 06/12/2021 1:15:28 PM PDT by DFG
Perhaps President’s Ronald Reagan’s most famous and influential speeches was his “Berlin Wall speech” at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany 34 years ago today on June 12, 1987. It was in this speech (at about 12:00 in the video above) that Reagan made his famous and history-changing demand “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
That statement and speech helped changed the course of history, and there’s even an entire Wikipedia entry for “Tear down this wall” (in addition to an extensive page for Berlin Wall). According to the Wikipedia entry, “The speech was also a source of considerable controversy within the Reagan administration itself, with several senior staffers and aides advising against the phrase, saying anything that might cause further East-West tensions or potential embarrassment to Gorbachev, with whom President Reagan had built a good relationship, should be omitted. American officials in West Germany and presidential speechwriters, including Peter Robinson, thought otherwise.” Here’s the full passage of what preceded Reagan’s famous line:
(Excerpt) Read more at aei.org ...
Watch the body language of ALL the players ... (mumbling) .. " make it look like we're bosom buds in deep conversation, keep me from losin' my balance" ...
Lady in suit jacket has been tasked to watch over the BOTH of 'em.
Seems like only yesterday to me.
and we’ve been losing to the commies ever since
Tearing down the wall just let all the commies to escape to the USA. Mr. Putin, build the wall again and get your commies back where they belong.
and only a few months ago everyone said , “Nancy Tear Down This Wall”
I miss that guy.
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