Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall fell and the Cold War came to an end. Conservatives felt triumphant, their vision of personal liberty and economic freedom had been vindicated. With the Iron Curtain gone, Western corporations moved into Eastern Europe and that region’s economy took off. Even the Leftist Parties in the West abandoned Progressive economics and adopted Market based policies. Bill Clinton and Tony Blair are examples of Leftists who embraced Free Markets in the 90’s. However the situation changed and the Progressives came roaring back. What brought back the Left, you may ask? The answer is very simple: 9/11/01.
Twenty years ago today, supporters of freedom and human rights cheered and wept for joy as the Berlin Wall was torn down by jubilant young Germans.
To so many, that heady day seemed to herald the emergence of a better world. The spectre of communism had finally been laid to rest. Liberty had triumphed over tyranny.
The end of the Cold War even led some to proclaim that this was ‘the end of history’ – which was to say that liberal democracy was now the dominant and unchallengeable force in the world.
However, the 9/11 attacks on America tragically proved this to be absurdly over-optimistic. The eruption of radical Islamism revealed that, while the West may have been rid of one enemy in the Soviet Union, another deadly foe had risen to take its place. So much is, sadly, all too evident.
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Melanie Phillips points out something very ironic. An Islamo-Imperialist act of aggression mobilized the Progressives to action. After these attacks, they began an email campaign of disinformation by claiming 9/11 was an inside job. They invented stories about the America’s intentions in invading Iraq. They set up powerful networks in the US and Europe and through the media began their demonizing campaign against Bush.
The Alinsky style personal destruction campaign against Bush was very effective and in 2006, they seized Congress. Then in 2008 they had elected the most Radical Totalitarian Progressive President the US ever had, Barack Hussein Obama. He proceeded to sell out our allies and support nations like Venezuela and Iran. Obama apologized to the Imperialist Muslim World in his June 2009 address in Cairo. The Progressives have enabled a de-facto Islamo-Imperialist victory.
Here is a video to remember what it was like to have a real President. Not the last 4 clowns we have had in Bush I, Clinton, Bush II and now Obama.
What happened to this country?
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