On this day in 1987, Ronald Reagan in Berlin urged Gorbachev to “Tear Down This Wall” Tags:Europe 7 comments Tear down this wall (and let our companies in) The fact that you can walk through this area whereas 33 years ago, you would have been instantly killed just blows my mind all the time. Do Germans still believe they liberated themselves while ignoring the wider context of the Cold War? Fuck Reagan And within a few years of that, the US sent David Hasselhoff to Berlin to actually tear it down! j/k Amazing speech, time in history and POTUS Perfect case of history making the man, not the man making history. Right place, right time, other than that, just the same shitty actor. Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
The fact that you can walk through this area whereas 33 years ago, you would have been instantly killed just blows my mind all the time.
Perfect case of history making the man, not the man making history. Right place, right time, other than that, just the same shitty actor.
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Tear down this wall (and let our companies in)
The fact that you can walk through this area whereas 33 years ago, you would have been instantly killed just blows my mind all the time.
Do Germans still believe they liberated themselves while ignoring the wider context of the Cold War?
Fuck Reagan
And within a few years of that, the US sent David Hasselhoff to Berlin to actually tear it down! j/k
Amazing speech, time in history and POTUS
Perfect case of history making the man, not the man making history. Right place, right time, other than that, just the same shitty actor.