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It's weird. The USSR's power ended when a wall came down (Original Post) ck4829 Jan 2019 OP
From your logic wouldn't a wall give us more power? mucifer Jan 2019 #1
Just a fleeting thought that I see as symbolic ck4829 Jan 2019 #2
The wall in Berlin wasn't the source of Soviet power. yardwork Jan 2019 #3
Right. A wall coming down didn't cause the end of the Soviet Union ck4829 Jan 2019 #4
Russia is white and Christian manor321 Jan 2019 #5

ck4829

(35,077 posts)
2. Just a fleeting thought that I see as symbolic
Sun Jan 13, 2019, 10:27 AM
Jan 2019

The world celebrated when a wall came down... now 2/3 of our government wants to put one up.

yardwork

(61,670 posts)
3. The wall in Berlin wasn't the source of Soviet power.
Sun Jan 13, 2019, 10:29 AM
Jan 2019

The reunification of East and West Germany was an outcome of the Soviet collapse, not a cause.

 

manor321

(3,344 posts)
5. Russia is white and Christian
Sun Jan 13, 2019, 10:41 AM
Jan 2019

Republican voters only care about having whites and Christians in power. They don't give a damn about democracy or anything else.

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