It is 20 years since Ronald Reagan made the speech
Is it any wonder why Conservatives love Reagan, and Liberals hate him? Everyone kept removing the "tear down the wall" portions from the speech. The State Department was having hissy fits. Reagan’s writers were taking it out. And he went and did it anyway. Because it was the proper thing to do.
And, today (Washington Times)
Two months after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, conservative historian Lee Edwards began worrying that the world might forget the millions who suffered and died under communist regimes.
During a conversation at brunch with his wife, Anne, in 1990, he pondered how he could prevent those victims from becoming lost in history.
When his wife suggested building a memorial in Washington, he immediately scribbled the idea down on a napkin. Two days later, Mr. Edwards began to pursue a goal that would take 17 years, a bipartisan congressional bill and nearly $1 million to accomplish.
Today, the 20th anniversary of President Reagan’s bold demand for the destruction of the Berlin Wall, Mr. Edwards, 74, will realize that dream when he unveils the Victims of Communism memorial.
"It’s a great feeling of accomplishment, knowing that those 100 million victims are going to finally be memorialized and recognized," he said.
Indeed it is. Those on the left who loved, and love, Soviet style communism, and continue to flirt with the system, always seem to forget the violence inherent in the system. They ignore the 100 million killed by it, and its leaders. They forget that real lives were affected, and the poverty and misery that accompanied the system.
President Bush will help dedicate the memorial, which is the only monument of its kind in the world, said Mr. Edwards, chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.
Meaning that liberals will certainly protest, and hate the statue even more, because of BDS.
The memorial, called the "Goddess of Democracy," is a bronze replica of the figure erected by Chinese students during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 and subsequently destroyed by Chinese tanks. The democracy-minded students had modeled it after the Statue of Liberty.
Excellent!
Just remember, it never would have happened if we had listened to Democrats in the 80’s, who cared more for appeasement and sappy dialogue then confrontation and strength. Much like today.
Sister Toldjah has lots more on Reagan’s speech, and how the phrase almost never made it in.
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Reagan is THE MAN, but Frau Crusader’s parents will tell you that when the Berlin Wall came down, the Muslims invaded Europe from Turkey and the Middle East. Inflation skyrocketed and the way the Europeons view US today – I wished the wall never came down! At least the East Germans wore uniforms, and love that Katarina Witt. Now there is a Eurabian Union WT!
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