How the Fall of the Berlin Wall Really Happened
This misreading of the actual fall of the wall is, at best, incomplete; at worst, it’s dangerous, contributing to the belief that American leaders can go “from Berlin to Baghdad,” shaping world events while ignoring the complex realities of the locals.
In truth, the opening of the Berlin Wall on the night of Nov. 9, 1989, was not planned. Well into that year, East Germany remained nearly inescapable: The last killing by a guard at the wall occurred in February 1989; the last shooting, a very near miss, in April; the last death during an escape attempt on the larger East German border, only 10 days earlier.
So what happened to make this heavily armed border open literally overnight? The answer lies in a series of mistakes by East German officials. These errors threw off dangerous sparks into the tense atmosphere of autumn 1989, already supercharged by the conflict between the rise of an East German resistance movement and the collapse of the ruling regime.
Bonzo Goes to Bitburg:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonzo_Goes_to_Bitburg
i know EXACTLY how Joey felt: my brain has hung upside down often. i always need something to slow me down. if there’s one thing that makes me sick it’s when someone tries to hide behind politics.
at best, Regan was criminally ignoring the complaints of the world. at worst, which is where my money is riding, is that he just didn’t give a fukc.
All alone, or in two’s,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they’ve given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it’s not easy
Banging your heart against some mad bugger’s wall.
—Pink Floyd (don’t know if it was david or roger)
that is really what i think, oh btw, which one’s pink?
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