tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post7048421374050091672..comments2024-03-29T09:09:46.823+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : Guenter Schabowski, who ended the Cold War by mistake, has diedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-59896427987896007292020-10-15T01:24:22.623+03:002020-10-15T01:24:22.623+03:00Excellent on the East German, mistake at the end a...Excellent on the East German, mistake at the end about Chancellor Merkel - they are not all Arabs.Paul Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18376632035812989444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-76511370805021953592015-11-05T14:51:09.197+02:002015-11-05T14:51:09.197+02:00Schabowski did exactly the right thing, even if by...Schabowski did exactly the right thing, even if by accident. Merkel’s action, by contrast, must be one of the most irresponsible things done by any postwar European politician. DerekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-87329740533022899882015-11-03T08:31:42.141+02:002015-11-03T08:31:42.141+02:00That is an absolutely brilliant observation that I...That is an absolutely brilliant observation that I have shamelessly plagiarised.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-21014854697005773622015-11-03T08:12:58.998+02:002015-11-03T08:12:58.998+02:00Ah yes, Guenter Schabowski and the power of words....Ah yes, Guenter Schabowski and the power of words. Is this in (ironic) contrast to Angela Merkel, who threw open Germany's borders and thereby ended the nation-state (as we know it) by mistake?Marc Cannizzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324145080083101048noreply@blogger.com