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Submitted by myth (Germany), Nov 9, 2009 at 08:01

Yes, it is a big blow the US president is not visible in Berlin. Given that Obama made speech in Berlin before he was even president remembering the days of the Airlift-operation I do not understand this at all. It leaves the younger people without an indication that the US had a part in this at all. Young people in Germany and elsewhere have no memory of the situation when the Berlin-Wall was the last line of defense, the end of the world for us, beyond you had to expect no help no longer, cut off from everything you knew what was right, the end of tolerance, maybe no return back into the west. The east-german army right behind that wall. and together with the soviet forces threatening the west with only minutes of notice should they go for an assault. And those forces also threatened and intimidated the people on the eastern side to stay within the boundaries of what was politically correct beyond the iron curtain.

Obama's absence creates an image in which it was actually the soviets who contributed most to the fall of the wall. As I recall the wall, it was as visible as day and night there was right on one side and wrong on the other. Does the US government still want to make points that clear and strong ?

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Where are the conservatives? [269 words]Wade Howard Barrier Capt. USMC (Ret. 1976)Dec 12, 2009 09:36165720
Berlin Wall [80 words]G TirmanNov 26, 2009 11:29165072
Berlin Wall Fell, Obama Stays Away [52 words]buoyancy aidsNov 20, 2009 05:39164787
A leopard cannot change its spots [155 words]Rebecca MouldsNov 16, 2009 09:31164635
so sad he wasnt there. [22 words]TobiasNov 15, 2009 08:16164596
neurosis overwhelming the anti-obama guys [184 words]G.VishvasNov 12, 2009 18:31164501
Ain't nothing to celebrate, folks, move along [268 words]KaustikNov 11, 2009 11:12164406
when the wall came down [97 words]G.VishvasNov 13, 2009 06:17164406
Divisions Represented by the Wall are Still There [240 words]M. ToveyNov 10, 2009 17:33164374
the wall no symbol back then and connection to middle-east policies [82 words]mythNov 9, 2009 08:41164242
it is a big blow, creating another image [227 words]mythNov 9, 2009 08:01164240
comment [89 words]mitchell porterNov 9, 2009 03:17164223
Another doubt [50 words]Peter HerzNov 8, 2009 11:26164201
but no tensions with convenient dictators [43 words]G.VishvasNov 7, 2009 01:16164131

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