[headsonpikes]

I was around then. I could not believe that JFK let the Russkis build the Berlin Wall.

He was weak when it counted.

[kabar]

The construction of the Berlin Wall was one of the biggest misteps ever made by the Russians and East Germans. It became a huge PR liability as every visit to Berlin by world leaders, parlimentarians, tourists, etc. included a visit to the Wall, which was built to keep people in, not others out. If we had tried to prevent it, it could have been the trigger for armed conflict, including the use of nuclear weapons. In 1989 the Wall came down and so did the Communist Empire.