30 Years Ago Today: “Tear Down This Wall”

[Old Warrior in Exile]

30 Years Ago Today: “Tear Down This Wall”

Ricochet Editors' Desk
June 12, 2017

“General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

Ronald Reagan said those words near Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate 30 years ago today. And they were written by Ricochet co-founder Peter Robinson. To commemorate the occasion, Tunku Varadarajan interviewed our fearless leader for Politico. Below is an excerpt, but read the whole thing:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MDFX-dNtsM

https://ricochet.com/437031/30-years-ago-today-tear-wall/

[Fishrrman]

A prophetic speech, indeed.

Within 3 years (if I recall), it was gone.