Roger and I are children of the cold war. We were born the year President Nixon withdrew the US troops from Vietnam. And the icon of that war was the Berlin Wall. Built when our parents were teenagers, the wall was something that was part of life. So, 20 years ago when it fell life changed. The early 90s were spent dealing with the fall out of the "fall of the wall" and the fall of communism. We debated in college what caused the fall, the arms race or the new open market. But even then we were also learning and debating a new topic. The middle east and the rise of international terrorism. A new enemy to replace communism. So, happy anniversary Germany.
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