Bush in Germany: Could George W. Bush Be Right? - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE: "It was difficult not to cringe during Reagan's speech in 1987. He didn't leave a single Berlin clich? out of his script. At the end of it, most experts agreed that his demand for the removal of the Wall was inopportune, utopian and crazy. Yet three years later, East Germany had disappeared from the map. Gorbachev had a lot to do with it, but it was the East Germans who played the larger role. When analysts are confronted by real people, amazing things can happen. And maybe history can repeat itself. Maybe the people of Syria, Iran or Jordan will get the idea in their heads to free themselves from their oppressive regimes just as the East Germans did."