Quote: from easy at 7:10 pm on Nov. 18, 2008 And while you did do a lot of good, you also did a lot of bullshit. ...communist built the wall, Americans say tear down that wall, get your facts straight.
funny how the wall didn't truly fall on November 9th.
The wall fell as a reaction to the vents on November 9th.
A German politician accidentally slipped up in a speech and said that the people could immediately travel in between both sides...after that people started rushing for the wall. The Stasi didn't know what to do with so many people...so they decided to just let them pass through.
And just because the Americans had the idea to tear down the wall, which was an idea playing in many people's heads (especially in west Germany), doesn't mean that it's the reason it was eventually torn.
So, no, there's no reason to thank the US.