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Subject:Re: The Kennedy Faux Pas [Ref:C189850] From:"Wayne J. Douglass" <wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 9 May 1997 13:41:07 -0700
At 10:10 PM 5/9/97 +0100, Andreas Baumert wrote:
>
>Well, ich bin ein Berliner. The "ein" is used to put some emphasis on
>that message. Kennedy told us that way: Don't panic. That's my city as
>well. They have no chance to take it. Believe me, we were panicking
>these days and we needed that message.
>
Alas for Andreas and others who were on the firing line, the phrase has
degenerated into a joke here in the US. I remember the photo opportunity
provided by Zbigniew Brzezinski on the border with Afghanistan shaking a
rifle in the general direction of the invading Soviet troops. Skeptical
reporters referred to this grandstanding pose as "ich bin ein Khyber Passer."
--Wayne Douglass
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