Obama makes it at last to the Brandenburg Gate

[Tx4obama]

Obama makes it at last to the Brandenburg Gate

Candidate Barack Obama wanted to speak at the Brandenburg Gate back in 2008.

President Barack Obama gets the chance Wednesday.

The German government, which rejected Obama's request five years ago, invited the president this year to speak at the 18th Century triumphal arch that has become a symbol of Berlin's re-unification since the divisions of the Cold War.

Berlin "is a place presidents have gone to talk about the free world," said Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser for strategic communications.

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Speaking at the city hall of what was then West Berlin, Kennedy famous proclaimed "ich bin ein Berliner," translated as "I am a Berliner."

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/06/18/obama-reagan-brandenburg-gate-germany/2434967/

[BlueMTexpat]

1. In German, "Berliner"

can also mean a jelly donut.

But the Germans loved JFK, for the most part, and gave him the benefit of any doubt - especially in the divided Berlin of those days.

The Germans - in fact, most Europeans - also love Prez Obama, despite his not being absolutely perfect in every way.

I do too, btw.