
25 years ago, Reagan brought down the Berlin Wall
Twenty five years ago today the Berlin Wall came down, and the man most responsible was Ronald Reagan.
Eric Honecker, the dictator of East Germany, predicted that the wall would stand for “100 years.” The inherent contradictions embedded in Soviet-style communism, combined with relentless pressure applied by America’s 40th president, ensured that never happened.
Reagan’s 1980 victory over Jimmy Carter produced a profound change in America’s policies toward the Soviet bloc. Asked by his new National Security Adviser, Richard Allen, about his approach to the Cold War, Reagan replied with this: “We win. They lose.” The vision was simple, and fundamentally different than any of Reagan’s predecessors, all of whom sought instead to reach some form of peaceful accommodation with the Communists
Reagan would have none of it.
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