Cold War 5
In November of 1989, the Berlin wall came collapsing down, and a feeling of relief and excitement filled the hearts of many worldwide. The Cold War was a terrible drawn out process that made the world realize just how close we were to coming to the brink of destruction. Germany was split into two over sides fighting over different political beliefs. Luckily the United States has never had to deal with a division through the middle of our territories, splitting our west side from the east side, as Germany had to deal with for many years. The end of the Cold War was a day of rejoice and happiness that will go down in history, not only in the minds and hearts of the Germans, yet of all the people of the world that was impacted by the breaking down of Germany's divider. A good feeling ran through my family when the news spread to our living room through our television set. Although I was young, I still knew that it was a sign of relief and I understood that no more division meant no more fighting within the German country. This would bring peace to many people, as now the United States would not have to continue this cold war with the USSR and it'
For a war to continue for years, as this did, makes me feel ill that our nations can not get along or find a compromise to live by. Families across the world must have lived in fear of what may have happen at any given moment since actions taken were so unpredictable at that time. My feelings at the end of the Cold War can be summed up into a single word: Relieved. I was glad to know that nothing was going to continue, now that they had taken the first step to solving their problem. The Berlin wall separated what should have been joined together the whole time. Finally after the land had been divided, the country was finally considered once again as one country. There was no longer a west and east side of Germany; nor was there any longer a Democratic and Capitalist side of Germany and a Communist side in the same country. Yet in regards to the Cold War and its end, I think that it was the best thing that could have happened. I agree with the Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher when he stated, " There is no socialist German nation, and there is no capitalist German nation, there is only one German nation." It is better that the
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