More than ever, I am frightened of the Obama administration. That is saying a lot, since I've been frightened for some time now. . . but when I heard that he refused to go to the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the day the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, I experienced an unparalleled wave of nausea. It can not possibly be this bad, can it? I mean, advisors who admire Mao, known communists among his czar appointments, a fascination with Hugo Chavez. . . and now this. I'm dumbfounded (at least I was for the past two days.)
Sure, he sent Hillary. Nevertheless, it's not like Obama has a fear of flying, nor does he feel compelled to stay in D.C. when important issues like Afghanistan float in limbo. Here's a guy who pops all over the world in Air Force One when the occasion suits him. Why would he snub this particular occasion?
Recently, I checked out several books on the Berlin Wall. Oddly enough, I didn't even realize that we were coming up on the 20th Anniversary. The date August 13, 1961 was stuck in my head. I didn't look beyond that.
What fascinates, and horrifies, me is the amount of money, acreage, technology, and personnel the East Germans felt compelled to use in order to keep people from leaving their little utopia. From the Intra-German Border (IGB) to the Berlin Wall, the resources invested were mind-boggling. Double layer walls and fences, land mines, tripwire mines, sensors, guards, watchtowers, German Shepherds, machine guns, anti-vehicle obstacles, buffer zones, and the highest level of electronics available at the time. All to support and maintain an ideology that brought lack of prosperity, shortage of basics needs, and the obliteration of intellectual freedom.
And Obama felt that the fall of such a regime was not worth celebrating.
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