Tag: Soviet Empire

Why Regan’s Iconic Words In Berlin Wall Speech Were Almost Edited Out

Regan's Iconic Words In Berlin Wall Speech Were Almost Edited Out

The words—'Mr Gorbachev, tear down this Wall'—that moved the world would have been edited out from Reagan's Berlin Wall Speech had it not been for the US President's insistence in the face of objections from mandarins

Iraqi Ayatollah: Unlike Iran’s, Breath Of Fresh Air For West

The Iranian revolution and the captivity of 52 Americans crystalized dormant Islamophobia with ubiquitous Khomeini at its center decades before the US invasion of Iraq put another Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani under the global spotlight for entirely different reasons as someone unlike the Iranian revolutionary leader