Poland to Memorialize Ronald Reagan

Washington, DC (TLS). The European country of Poland gets it. They understand the truth. Thus, the nation has unveiled plans to erect monuments in memory of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, paying tribute to the man they view as the driving force behind the ultimate defeat of the Soviet Union and the decimation of the Iron Curtain.

With staunch anti-Communists in the country who remember very well the decades of grueling oppression at the hands of the Soviet Communists, a move is underway in the nation's capital of Warsaw and in at least one other Polish town to erect Ronald Reagan memorials. Reagan is viewed as the man who is most responsible for the final disintegration of Soviet domination. It was Reagan who gave his public support to the worker's union called 'Solidarity,' which was led by Lech Walesa. Under the leadership of Walesa, the union resisted Soviet domination and demanded that not only concessions be made to workers but that their freedoms be restored.

Reagan used the 'bully pulpit' of the U.S. Presidency to lend aid to Solidarity and pressure the Warsaw Communists to give in to their demands.

Ultimately, Solidarity crushed Communist rule in the country, and the country held its first free elections in over 50 years. The Soviet Union would also disintegrate due to the relentless pressure of Reagan, not only with his staunch anti-Communist rhetoric, but with his determination to build up America's armed forces and weapons arsenal to the point that the Soviet Union was driven to the brink of economic ruin attempting to keep up.

By that time a very wise Russian President, Michael Gorbachov, saw the handwriting on the wall and began to make concessions to Reagan in the arms race and work toward granting the Soviet people more human rights. With the taste of freedom on the tongues of an impoverished and oppressed nation, even the reforms of Gorbachov were not enough. This was the beginning of the complete collapse of the Soviet Union as we knew it, and the ushering in of free elections. The Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain came crashing down.

The Polish people correctly observe that had it not been for Ronald Reagan, who faced relentless criticism at home and abroad for his unwavering fight against the scourge of Communism, Poland would probably have never been freed from their oppressors.

Thus, in Poland, what was once a monument erected to the Soviets in what ironically was named 'Freedom Square,' will become known as 'Ronald Reagan Freedom Square.'

As for Lech Walesa, he would go on to be elected President of Poland in 1990.

A tip of the hat goes to Poland for this very fitting tribute to the man who almost single-handedly brought down Soviet Communism. America can be very proud that we had the good sense to twice elect this stalwart patriot as President of the United States.

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