There might have been a bit of trepidation by some aging WW2 vets but American public opinion at the time was pretty much reflected in the phrase "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall". After all, by the late '80's there was a heckuva lot more of us who had spent time defending Germany than there were who had spent time fighting it.
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Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.
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