by B. R. GOWANI
in June 1987, US President Ronald Reagan said:
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
the Berlin Wall – which split Germany into East Germany/West Germany
was also a sign of a greater division
between the Soviet Union led Eastern Block and US led Western Block
the Wall did come down on November 9, 1989
not because of Reagan but because of the Soviet leader Michail Gorbachev
Gorbachev began major changes in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
with his policies of Glastnost (Openness) and Perestroika (restructuring)
Reagan’s goal in uniting Berliners didn’t have any humane angle to it
it was purely an imperialist move to open East Europe to US corporations
and turn Russia into a playground for US capitalists and politicians
to quite a degree, the US succeeded in breaking up Russia’s state control
but then Vladimir Putin took over and stop the US moves
to celebrate 30 years of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Pompeo is in Germany
who could better represent the US hypocrisy than Mike Pompeo
he praised leaders who had faith in “God” “Human dignity” “free peoples”
and the United States Secretary of State warned:
“But as we celebrate, as we take this victory lap, we must also recognize that freedom is never guaranteed. We spoke to this. It doesn’t just happen. Today, authoritarianism is just a stone’s throw away. It’s rising. And if we’re honest, it never really went away completely.”
for sure, the Germans wouldn’t have missed the irony of the above crap
back in the US, Pompeo’s boss is hell bent on becoming an authoritarian
Trump divides families, builds walls, and curbs freedoms
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com