By George Allen
The Washington Times
November 9, 2009

Nov. 9, 1989 - 20 years ago Monday - should be remembered forever as a truly great day in the course of human history.

Few could believe the exhilarating fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain, without a shot being fired, just a little more than two years after President Reagan audaciously demanded, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

How was this advancement of human freedom achieved? Through resolve and unity of purpose of people, motivated by the visionary leadership of Reagan and steadily supported by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and the unique moral respect of Polish-born Pope John Paul II.

Lovers of liberty all over the world were in solidarity with the cause of Lech Walesa and the shipyard workers in Gdansk, Poland.

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