Look! A lefty article that I pretty much agree with in principle:
Faced with a similar architectural monstrosity, Ronald Reagan – for all his faults – did not hesitate to say what needed to be said:
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall!"
I can hear the amen corner now: the Wall of Separation is meant to keep terrorists out, not to keep people in. There is no similarity. But isn't there? The Wall is meant to cut off all contact between ordinary people on both sides, which is precisely what the East German commissars sought to accomplish. The Commies knew that the most powerful weapons in the Western arsenal were the economic and social links which invariably bind communities in close proximity. So they quite logically – and murderously – sought to isolate their subjects from such subversive influences, thus ensuring their Marxist purity.
The entire thing can be
found here. Or you could read
this article about the destruction the wall is bringing to Palestinian villages. Both links courtesy of C.A.I.R.
