Just another brick in the wall

I have to agree with radio commentator Michael Medved, we should not refer to the end of the Berlin Wall the "fall of the Berlin Wall". Saying that the wall fell implies that nothing contributed to its destruction other than the law of gravity. Trees fall, people fall, symbols of unspeakable evil oppression are destroyed. To say that the Berlin Wall fell is to ignore the sacrifices of thousands of Americans and Europeans who gave their lives to stop the "Evil Empire".

So on this 20 year anniversary of the destruction of the wall I would like to thank all those who sacrificed to reunite Germany and all of Europe. I would also like to thank President Reagan, Prime Minister Thatcher, and Pope John Paul II for not accepting the existence of the wall as a permanent fixture and Europe. Thank you for standing up to a force of evil that the rest of the world was willing to turn a blind eye to. Two years after President Reagan demanded that Mr. Gorbachev tear down the Wall, it finally was. Only it wasn't Gorbachev who did it, it was the people who answered Reagan's challenge.