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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's weird. The USSR's power ended when a wall came down
And now the White House and Senate here in the US are acting subservient to Russia as a new wall is envisioned.
It's like a wall is Russia's version of the Compiegne Wagon.
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It's weird. The USSR's power ended when a wall came down (Original Post)
ck4829
Jan 2019
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mucifer
(23,555 posts)1. From your logic wouldn't a wall give us more power?
Just talking logic. I don't want that wall.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)2. Just a fleeting thought that I see as symbolic
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.
The reunification of East and West Germany was an outcome of the Soviet collapse, not a cause.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)4. Right. A wall coming down didn't cause the end of the Soviet Union
manor321
(3,344 posts)5. Russia is white and Christian
Republican voters only care about having whites and Christians in power. They don't give a damn about democracy or anything else.