Operation AXIOM
Ich Bin Ein Berliner, "Fifties Girl" from In Ska We Trust (The Last Angry Rude Boy)
Skammentary: Fifty-six years ago to the day, 26 June 1963, United States president John F. Kennedy delivered the famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, proclaiming the solidarity of all free men with the besieged denizens of West Berlin. One must recall that the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin has attempted to starve West Berlin into submission just fifteen years earlier with the Berlin Blockade of 1948-1949. The equivalent from right now is 2004-2005, which doesn't seem that long ago, reminding us how near 1948-1949 was to 1963. J.F.K. gave the "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, 26 June 1963, fifty-six year ago today.
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