Honoring the President Who Defeated Communism
It is a fitting tribute on the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall to rightly note the man who challenged the evils of Communism, rallied his nation behind him and defeated the oppressive regimes.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has history right as she told our US Congress last week. America won the Cold War through leadership, not waffling:
I think of John F. Kennedy, who won the hearts of the Berliners, when, during his visit in 1961, after the wall had been built, he reached out to the desperate citizens of Berlin by saying, “Ich bin ein Berliner.” I think of Ronald Reagan, who, far earlier than most, clearly saw the sign of the times and, standing in front of the Brandenburg Gate, already in 1987, called out, “Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” This appeal shall remain forever in my heart.
I thank George Herbert Walker Bush for the trust he placed in Germany and then-Chancellor Helmut Kohl, offering something of immeasurable value to us Germans already in May 1989: partnership in leadership. What a generous offer 40 years after the end of the Second World War.
God Bless Ronald Reagan. No doubt, the greatest President I will see in my lifetime. Today is one of those days when I remember what it is to be an American and the awesome responsibility we have as being freedom’s last beacon of hope.
-Bruce (GayPatriot)
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Pingback by GayPatriot » Barack Obama: The Great Divider — November 9, 2009 @ 12:30 pm - November 9, 2009
Reagan was the President who bankrupted the soviet union
by increasing the spending on our military, therefore making it stronger, Reagan FORCED the USSR to respond in kind
the USA had the industrial might, just like in WW2, the USSR didn’t
the USA had the government money to back up the orders for new planes, ships, etc-the USSR ran out of money
how long would the Wall have stood if Reagan hadn’t spent the billions on our military?
would Germany still be divided today?
i wonder when will the Gipper be properly honored by having streets named after him?
the carrier was a shoe-in, but what about a street or highway?
Comment by NARNC60AC — November 9, 2009 @ 6:26 pm - November 9, 2009
Reagan, a great President, to Obama, the worst President ever. How much things have changed in just a few decades.
Comment by Libby — November 10, 2009 @ 12:53 am - November 10, 2009
Ronald Reagan was the greatest President of the twentieth century. He is the patron saint of conservaives in El Salvador. We will have to wait one hundred years for another great one to come along.
Comment by Roberto — November 10, 2009 @ 3:13 pm - November 10, 2009
Ronald Reagan, the reason Tano’s upset about Democracy in central America.
Comment by The_Livewire — November 10, 2009 @ 7:24 pm - November 10, 2009