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I have to correct your incredibly offensive slander of our soldiers. That you can't grasp a metaphor isn't surprising, but your witless belittling of our troops is just staggering.

Without the US military might behind it, Reagan's words would have meant NOTHING when it came to bringing down the wall. For decades our soldiers have been stationed around the world and especially in Europe as a tool to contain the USSR.

Your silly idolatry of Reagan causes you to diminish the people who made bringing down the wall possible, people Reagan praised and supported.

You have completely lost any ounce of credibility you may have had with the gullible.

Please tell us what soldiers were 'on the wall'. We had soldiers in Germany. None of them were perched on the wall. If the soldiers shared the responsibility for the wall falling, I'd like to know how.

I have to correct your incredibly offensive slander of our soldiers. That you can't grasp a metaphor isn't surprising, but your witless belittling of our troops is just staggering.

I knew it was only a matter of time before you found a skirt to hide behind.

My comments were accurate and I stand by them. And not you or anyone else values our troops more than I do. If you want to faint or throw a hissy fit, go ahead.

Without the US military might behind it, Reagan's words would have meant NOTHING when it came to bringing down the wall.

For decades our soldiers have been stationed around the world and especially in Europe as a tool to contain the USSR.

And what did I say on this topic? Lets review for those who claim to be much more perceptive than I am.

Did they hold the line? Of course. Did they prevent Russia from pouring into Western Europe? Yes. Did they take down the Soviet Union? Not really.

Any questions?

Your silly idolatry of Reagan causes you to diminish the people who made bringing down the wall possible, people Reagan praised and supported.

Correcting the record has now been reduced to idolitry in what passes for your brain, and I have not diminished anyone. I accurately addressed what the duty of our military members was, and that they fulfilled that duty.

You have completely lost any ounce of credibility you may have had with the gullible.

Well, I guess from where you are perched intellectually, aspiring to be just gullible would be a good intermediate goal.

Wasn't always a "wall" ~ sometimes it was this godawful fence, with barbed wire, landmine strips, guardtowers with automatic machineguns, drunken Russians tossing vodka bottles down to blow up mines, and so on.

I was there. I saw it. That's how it was done. Eventually they were convinced to tear down their "wall".