Behind me stands a wall
that encircles the free sectors of this city, part of a vast system of barriers
that divides the entire continent of Europe. From the Baltic, south, those
barriers cut across Germany in a gash of barbed wire, concrete, dog runs, and
guard towers. Farther south, there may be no visible, no obvious wall. But
there remain armed guards and checkpoints all the same--still a restriction on
the right to travel, still an instrument to impose upon ordinary men and women
the will of a totalitarian state. Yet it is here in Berlin where the wall
emerges most clearly; here, cutting across your city, where the news photo and
the television screen have imprinted this brutal division of a continent upon
the mind of the world. Standing before the Brandenburg Gate, every man is a
German, separated from his fellow men. Every man is a Berliner, forced to look
upon a scar.
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!
-Excerpt from a speech by President Ronald Reagan
to the people of West Berlin that contains one of the most memorable lines
spoken during his presidency. The Berlin Wall, referred to by the President,
was built by Communists in August 1961 to keep Germans from escaping
Communist-dominated East Berlin into Democratic West Berlin. The twelve-foot
concrete wall extended for a hundred miles, surrounding West Berlin, and
included electrified fences and guard posts. The wall stood as a stark symbol
of the decades-old Cold War between the United States and Soviet Russia in
which the two politically opposed superpowers continually wrestled for
dominance, stopping just short of actual warfare.
"I
would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me,
and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great great wall on our
southern border and I’ll have Mexico pay for that wall." -Trump
Our Tweetie in Chief has declared a national
emergency in order to circumvent the decision of Congress because they did not
fund a wall in the amount to his liking.
This is an abuse of presidential power and Congress is empowered by the
Constitution to override his decision.
The crisis that exists is Trump himself.
Impeachment proceedings are long overdue.
CPW
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