An important aniversary

Will Collier reminds us that 15 years ago today the Berlin Wall fell. Go read his very moving post. Perhaps a lot of my optimism toward the future of Iraq stems from the fact that I became an adult at about the same time the Berlin Wall fell. Those who are much younger have little comprehension of how futile the fight against Communism seemed at times (when it appeared the best we could hope for was a very Pyrrhic victory) and those who are much older became to accustomed to the idea that the world in fact wasn't going to get any better.