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Anniversaries are opportunities to reflect on the past and on what it might mean for the future. Monday saw the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, even if Barack Obama could not find time to travel once again to Berlin to attend the commemoration there. And Wednesday is the 91st anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I.
The two events being remembered can be seen as bookends: the beginning and end of the history of a Short Twentieth Century. Until 1914, the world had seemed...
History Is Calling -- Will Obama Answer?
Well, until there is an actual mission there, probably a wise move. Perhaps finding a good way to leave without it looking like a defeat--can't have any more helicopters flying off rooftops.