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Missing from the Berlin Wall Celebration — Two Leaders Who Died Too Soon


As the world marks the 25th anniversary of freedom returning to Eastern Europe, it is sad that two of the wisest post-communist leaders are no longer with us.
In the extraordinary events that followed the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Poland was the inspiration. It had elected a non-communist government months before the wall came down. Lech Walesa, Pope John Paul II are true heroes who changed the world. Ronald Reagan’s strong stance and his 1987 call to “tear down this wall” were similarly decisive. Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader — still alive at 83 — courageously allowed the …read more

Source: The Huffington Post

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