From tearing down walls to building walls, and beyond

For a long time now I have said that with the fall of the Soviet Union, that there was no longer an "evil" for which to compare to what the USA is not, or should not be. I believe that is more true today. In other words, with the fall of the Soviet Union there was no longer this opposite to compare the USA to. With that The USA lost sight of its purpose of good, and freedom.

It was not long ago that President Ronald Regan declared to President Gorbechov, "Tear down this wall!"

Now a relatively short time later The USA wants to build a wall along its own Southern Border. Clearly the USA has gone from a climate of freedom, openness, and tearing down walls, to a nation of limiting freedom, secrecy and building walls.

We can only hope that the first Presidential Order signed by President Obama , will truly have an impact on openness via the Freedom of Information Act, or it will be a clear signal that it is beyond the doing of the President to undo the damage by his predecessors. .

As for the wall along the southern US border with Mexico, it seems it is only a matter of time before it is completed, and represents to the neighbors to the south, a clear indication that they are not welcome on the other side of the wall, and affects their opinion of the USA , and their sense of value. It certainly smells like the Berlin Wall to me.