http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/11/03/give-it-a-rest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=give-it-a-rest n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/11/03/give-it-a-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-34081 Gordianus Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:38:20 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=10246#comment-34081 You wrote, "It is also worth mentioning that it was an event created entirely by Germans." With all due respect for the Germans, the wall would not have fallen when it did but for the weakening of the communist block by we, the Americans. I can't read Obama's mind. But the casual dismissal of our countries role in the fall of the Soviet Union seems to be catching on both sides of the ideological spectrum. The real achievements of the Reagan Administration are not Neoconservative propaganda. You wrote, “It is also worth mentioning that it was an event created entirely by Germans.” With all due respect for the Germans, the wall would not have fallen when it did but for the weakening of the communist block by we, the Americans. I can’t read Obama’s mind. But the casual dismissal of our countries role in the fall of the Soviet Union seems to be catching on both sides of the ideological spectrum. The real achievements of the Reagan Administration are not Neoconservative propaganda.

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