April 01, 2005

Papal Sucession

Hugh Hewitt has links to plenty of sources.

As to the question of the Pope and the end of the Cold War, Carl Bernstein (yes, Carl Bernstein) has a biography of the Pope that came out a number of years back that makes this case in spades. Hugh cites the short list as follows:

With Reagan and Solzhenitsyn, John Paul II represents the three forces of opposition to communism that shattered the evil empire, the Soviet Union --the American-led West, the Eastern European resistance, and the Russian dissident movement.

I would agree only to the extent that you include Margaret Thatcher (whose rise to power preceded Reagan's), Vaclev Havel, and the indispensable Lech Walessa to the list.

UPDATE on Thatcher: This is just sacreligious.

Posted by Steve at April 1, 2005 05:41 PM
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Hey! Whassamatta Sakharov?

Posted by: dave s at April 2, 2005 07:17 AM

i loved john paul 2

Posted by: John Zelenski at April 6, 2005 10:20 AM
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