Mark Steyn: The Bush Bandwagon

The Irish Times ^ | March 7, 2005 | Mark Steyn

[NZerFromHK]

Thanks once again for mentioning Reagan Brian. The more information is revealed from the KGB archives, the more I'm convinced Reagan is instrumental for ending the Cold War. In fact, the chattering class didn't even superficially acknowledge this until his death. Let me quote this from a German history-pictoral book published in 1999:

"'Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!' This visionary appeal by the American Ronald Reagan in his speech at the Brandenberg Gate on June 12, 1987 during the celebration marking 750 years of the city of Berlin, became famous. However, two and half years before the unforeseen fall of the Berlin Wall, many regarded it as empty propaganda."

(Kosthorst, Daniel, and Lappenkueper, Ulrich (1999) 50 Jahre im Bild - Bundesrepublik Deutschland/50 Years in Pictures - Federal Republic of Germany. Koenemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Cologne, pp 435)

They still don't accept what Reagan has accomplished...

[ConservativeStLouisGuy]

Thanks SO MUCH for posting the article in full! :-)