Purple-fingered Iraqis voting on their own destiny, and Lebanese demonstrating in Martyrs Square for freedom from Syrian overlordship, are the latter-day heirs of the John Paul II, for the quarter-century of liberation which is now shaking the Middle East began with him, when the brand-new Polish Pope made a pilgrimage to his homeland in the summer of 1979.
This is from a wonderful piece in The New York Observer by Richard Brookhiser. Rick has a wonderful way of putting things in a clear and concise manner much like his wonderful books: Founding Father, George Washington: A National Treasure, The Rules of Civility, Gentleman Revolutionary, Alexander Hamilton, American, America's First Dynasty: The Adamses, 1735-1918, Way of the Wasp. Check out his work, you won't be disappointed.
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