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guardian.co.uk - 29 days ago
The Berlin wall had to fall, but today's world is no fairer | Mikhail Gorbachev | Comment ...
— guardian.co.uk — Twenty years have passed since the fall of the Berlin wall, one of the shameful symbols of... the cold war and the dangerous division of the world into opposing blocks and spheres of influence. Today we can revisit the events of those times and take ... (more) The Berlin wall had to fall, but today's world is no ...

Comments vote down Notes From a Grumpy Old Man found this 29 days agofound this
Gorbachev: Bush once told me that ‘blockheads and dummies’ were supporting the ‘extreme’ Reagan.
thinkprogress.org - 27 days ago
Gorbachev: Bush once told me that ‘blockheads and dummies’ were supporting the ‘extreme’ Reagan.
— thinkprogress.org — During a recent interview with The Nation editors Katrina vanden Heuvel and her husband Stephan Cohen, former... Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev credited President Reagan for helping end the Cold War, but he argued that instituting democratic reforms ... (more) Gorbachev: Bush once told me that ‘blockheads and ...

Comments vote down The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan found this 27 days agofound this
ettlin.blogspot.com - 20 days ago
Sprechen zie English? Road Trip Epilog
— ettlin.blogspot.com — A village vanishes on an Iron Curtain byway of history LANKOW, Germany – This is not a... dateline anyone will be seeing as Germany celebrates, and other nations remember, Monday’s 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall heralding the end of the Cold War. More than any other physical ... (more) Sprechen zie English? Road Trip Epilog

Comments vote down david.ettlin david.ettlin posted 20 days agoposted this
Getting it Right
pajamasmedia.com - 20 days ago
Getting it Right
— pajamasmedia.com — Happy liberty anniversary, Eastern Europe. I don’t know what you call it over there in eastern Germany... or Poland or Hungary or anywhere else, but here we keep referring to it as “the fall of the Wall.” And that’s not right. ... (more) Getting it Right

Comments vote down Outside The Beltway | OTB found this 20 days agofound this
Berlin Wall Tumbled Down
luoamerican.com - 20 days ago
Berlin Wall Tumbled Down
— luoamerican.com — I can’t believe it has been 20 years since I sat here in the USA watching my... friends on TV as they scale a previously untouchable Berlin Wall. I had left what was then West Berlin not a month before.... (more) Berlin Wall Tumbled Down

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Gorbachev Says Obama Should Start Afghan Withdrawal (Update2)
bloomberg.com - 19 days ago
Gorbachev Says Obama Should Start Afghan Withdrawal (Update2)
— bloomberg.com — Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev , drawing on his experience of military failure... in Afghanistan in the 1980s, said the U.S. can’t win the conflict there and should begin pulling out its soldiers. Afghanistan, where ... (more) Gorbachev Says Obama Should Start Afghan Withdrawal ...

Comments vote down The Swamp found this 19 days agofound this
Gorbachev Says Obama Should Start Afghan Withdrawal (Update2)
bloomberg.com - 19 days ago
Gorbachev Says Obama Should Start Afghan Withdrawal (Update2)
— bloomberg.com — Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev , drawing on his experience of military failure... in Afghanistan in the 1980s, said the U.S. can’t win the conflict there and should begin pulling out its soldiers. Afghanistan, where ... (more) Gorbachev Says Obama Should Start Afghan Withdrawal ...

Comments vote down Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News found this 19 days agofound this