Berlin denies "Reagan" Statue to erected on its soil...US have to park it on their embassy

I spent almost a month living in Berlin in 1963 and then the Germans were losing hope to get freedom. Reagan gave them hope and will to drag down that wall. Why not honor him. I have been at the Brandenburg Gate and Tiergarten. A wonderful park and Zoo. I saw Soviet tanks parked by Brandenburg gate so be happy not to have them aiming weapons at Germans today.

 

I did not realize that the love of the Soviets still was in some Germans.

 

Sobo, you named some Germans. Believe me friend, that does not mean all Germans come close to those you named. As to Reagan's actor status, some Americans who hate Reagan claim he was B actor but that is not his fault, it is the fault of poorly made movies. Germans had to struggle for freedom when they removed the wall. But we Americans held off of West Germany and Berlin the might of the Soviets. Reagan was an important president for your current freedom. Germans had around 45 years to get rid of the Soviets but until we Americans helped, nothing took place.

To this day since I spent so much time in Berlin, I feel that city in my heart. It is a wonderful city in Germany.

Part of my time I lived here.

 

Germany is such a worthless place now. They are so ungrateful. This is why NATO is pointless. The NATO mission (literally) ended when the Soviet Union died.

End NATO, pull our resources out of Germany, let those selfish ladies fend for themselves.

 

There is something you might not realize. In most nations other than the U.S. airports get most of their revenue from foreign travelers. So they invest a lot to make their airports into show pieces.

Most American airports get their revenues from domestic travelers. So the airports are basically subway stations with planes instead of trains.

 

The NATO decision had nothing to do what people in West Germany were feeling and thinking. West Germany was a junior partner and still official occupied.
The Pershing decision was met with serious resistant by the people in West Germany and was a huge problem for the governments.
I am just trying to give you a more inside view, of how the country felt and what the atmosphere was.
When Reagan decided the deployment, all hell broke loose in West Germany. Huge demonstration, blockades of US installations and so on. It was not just from the Left, the resistant came from every political spectrum.
I think NATO and or the US and or the West German Government were very surprised by the reaction of the people.

 

It's ironic how Germany was spared the strictures of the Morgenthau Plan but they might have actually been better off if it had been instituted.

 

there were massive protests everywhere that NATO deployed intermediate range nuclear missiles such as United Kingdom and Belgium. Sicily was the only exception. It was rumored that the mafia there had contracts to build support infrastructure for the missiles so they ordered that there be no protest.

 

No shots fired. Just really clever banking and politicking and they run everything.

They repoed Italy! lol

 

No humor huh? Stupid? Please.

 

Yes.
The dictate from NATO lacked complete understanding of what the people wanted or were willing to handle.
It is still reverberating.

 

I meant it to be humorous. Apparently I failed.

 

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Many in the middle class in Germany have stick shifts rather than the automatic transmissions that even the poor in the US enjoy.

Rank Country/U.S. state USD (per capita GDP)
1 Luxembourg 105,863
2 Switzerland 80,637
3 New York 78,354
4 Delaware 77,931
5 Massachusetts 77,433
6 Norway 75,389
7 North Dakota 73,214
8 Connecticut 72,929
9 Alaska 71,155
10 Iceland 70,248
11 California 69,984
12 Washington 69,478
13 Wyoming 68,806
14 Ireland 68,710
15 New Jersey 66,157
16 Maryland 65,426
17 Illinois 64,083
18 Nebraska 63,852
19 Minnesota 63,608
20 Colorado 61,862
21 Hawaii 61,696
22 Qatar 61,024
23 Texas 60,878
24 Iowa 60,673
25 Virginia 60,470
26 New Hampshire 60,321
- United States 59,792
27 Pennsylvania 58,828
28 Singapore 57,713
29 Oregon 57,706
30 South Dakota 57,690
31 Denmark 56,630
32 Rhode Island 56,282
33 Wisconsin 56,078
34 Ohio 55,890
35 Australia 55,692
36 Kansas 54,276
37 Utah 54,249
38 Indiana 54,141
39 Georgia (U.S. state) 53,758
40 Nevada 53,167
41 North Carolina 53,050
42 Sweden 52,925
43 Louisiana 52,602
44 Tennessee 51,903
45 Vermont 51,549
46 Michigan 50,081
47 Missouri 50,041
48 Netherlands 48,555
49 Oklahoma 48,211
50 San Marino 47,595
51 Austria 47,347
52 Florida 46,930
53 New Mexico 46,655
54 Arizona 46,147
55 Montana 46,136
56 Maine 46,117
57 Finland 45,927
58 Kentucky 45,641
59 Canada 45,094
60 Germany 44,769
61 South Carolina 44,162
62 Belgium 43,488
63 Alabama 43,377
64 West Virginia 41,939
65 Arkansas 41,803
66 Idaho 41,729
67 New Zealand 41,572
68 Israel 40,272
69 France 39,932
70 United Kingdom 39,800
71 Japan 38,448
72 United Arab Emirates 37,732
73 Mississippi 37,376
- European Union 33,800

Germany trails 44 US States and the EU trails EVERY US State

 

Im far right. Most Germans dont know Reagan. You overestimate your Impact over here

 

Ummm...you do realize that automatic transmission is seen as girly here?

 

The governments were overthrown.
That’s a military victory.
Everything else is liberal BS.

 

Tell me one thing please. Why do you believe that im pro soviet when im anti american?

 

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So much for claimed "German education"

 

because the Germans of all people have no reason for being "anti American".

 

I've heard that Germans prefer a "hard ride" in their vehicle suspensions because they enjoy the "feel of the road".

Americans are the complete opposite.

 

As german patriot im not happy with a hostile country that tries to mingle into our energy politics, tries to damage our Economy and treats us disrespectful.

 

Exactly. Stick transmission here is More expensive than automatic transmission. When you are male and Drive Automatic Here, you pretty much get laughed at. Its cultural thing

 

Do you See it as normal to beg a foreign country to erect a statue?

 

Trump is a German-American... Trump is an immigrant from Germany, they don't always send us their best and brightest...