Iceweasel
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- Dec 20, 2013
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They couldn't afford it because most of their GNP went to trying to keep up with Reagan's arms race while we were spending 6%.they tore down the wall because the russians couldn't afford to stay there any more ... it was the mayer of east berlin at that time who open the doors to west berlin... the russians pulled out .... reagan had nothing to do with the russians pulling out ... the russians were going broke because of the war they had in Afghanistan ... the US had nothing to do with it Iceweeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaasle!!!They tore down the wall because one country after the other was being lost to communism.reagan biggest myth ... tear down the wall Mikhail Gorbachev ... it came to Reagan's attention that the russians were going to tear down the Berlin wall ....... like everything Reagan did, or republicans in general, Reagan jumped on to the band wagon ...in 1989, a series of radical political changes occurred in the Eastern Bloc, associated with the liberalization of the Eastern Bloc's authoritarian systems and the erosion of political power in the pro-Soviet governments in nearby Poland and Hungary. After several weeks of civil unrest, the East German government announced on 9 November 1989 that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin. Crowds of East Germans crossed and climbed onto the wall, joined by West Germans on the other side in a celebratory atmosphere. Over the next few weeks, euphoric people and souvenir hunters chipped away parts of the wall; the governments later used industrial equipment to remove most of what was left. Contrary to popular belief the wall's actual demolition did not begin until the summer of 1990 and was not completed until 1992.[1] The fall of the Berlin Wall paved the way for German reunification, which was formally concluded on 3 October 1990. So when Reagan Said Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev tear down the wall it was already decided before reagan jumped in taking credit...Reagan kicked the commies in the balls so hard they had to quit. Liberals will NEVER forgive him for that.when an idiot says "WORST US President in hsitory" that idiot at a MINIMUM should at least be able to say what of the polices that qualify him for the title of worst president that your own party
Keep rockin on billeey.