In this morning’s Wall Street Journal, Liz Cheney writes a rebuttal to the remarks made last week in Moscow by President Barack Obama:
The basis of the Cold War was not “competition in astrophysics and athletics.” It was a global battle between tyranny and freedom. The Soviet “sphere of influence” was delineated by walls and barbed wire and tanks and secret police to prevent people from escaping. America was an unmatched force for good in the world during the Cold War. The Soviets were not. The Cold War ended not because the Soviets decided it should but because they were no match for the forces of freedom and the commitment of free nations to defend liberty and defeat Communism.
As one among millions who fought the Cold War as an American soldier and saw the Berlin Wall ripped down during my seventh year (third tour) of duty in Germany, it was particularly grating to learn from President Obama that our service had little to nothing to do with liberating Eastern Europe. He and others would learn a lot of the real history of America’s contribution to that victory by visiting the Cold War Museum.