To: mkjessup
“Hey, Reagan told Gorbachev to tear down that Wall, and he did.”
“Gorbachev did”? Funny, I missed that.
13 posted on
08/17/2008 8:33:45 AM PDT by
Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Gorbachev did? Funny, I missed that.Right. Gorbachev crumbled. He didn't make the wall crumble.
To: Berlin_Freeper
Hey, Reagan told Gorbachev to tear down that Wall, and he did.
Gorbachev did? Funny, I missed that.
Gorbachev permitted that wall to come down by default, i.e., when the German people on both sides of the wall started dismantling it, you didn't see East German and/or Soviet troops opening fire on the crowds.
If Gorbachev had wished to keep the Berlin Wall in place, he had every means of doing so, and he chose not to.
Happy to help you out there.
20 posted on
08/17/2008 8:49:49 AM PDT by
mkjessup
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