Iconic Moment

" this evening well in hindsight the fall of that wall and a Soviet empire for that matter provided the west within interesting problem. As long as the wall stood it was much easier for a suit unify our enemies. They were so to speak on the other side of that wall. And when it collapsed many assumed it would usher in this great era of peace. Hindsight is 20/20 as it -- and that certainly has not been the case. The Fox -- chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt with more on this predicament that at the time people didn't --"

" Absolutely check in a few would argue the world would be a better place if the Berlin Wall still stood. But there is a debate over whether it might be a safer place. Not because the Soviet Union wasn't dangerous but because it was a relatively simple enemy to fight. From John F. Kennedy. -- Gorbachev. Chair. Confronting and defeating communism has been the cornerstone of the our policy for decades. That is the wall came down I was sections already like this one here in New York City. Shipped around the globe as symbols of the west's victory over communism. We all allowed ourselves to dream of -- low -- 98 in peace. How wrong we will. Cleansing of the former Yugoslavia showed how ancient religious entities could erupt into brutality. And across the Middle East and South Asia for a new religious radicalism was taking shape. And few were paying."

" basking in the joy of the post Cold War world and the defeat of communism meant. And our victory without firing a shot we did check -- I have the ball we didn't see the growth. An Islamic fundamentalism."

" Even those who did notice could never have predicted that that's fundamentalism. Would prove to be a greater threat than communism and a walk. With hindsight we concede that -- the Berlin Wall fell up also the threats we face. Also fractured and that brought us say new enemy one that is tough to identify how to define and perhaps yet. Even more difficult to defeat -- very difficult Jonathan Hunt thanks very much reporting New York to."