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 is it isn't it that certainly has not been the case. The Fox Report chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt with more on this predicament that at the time people didn't --"

" Absolutely -- you know 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. No because -- Soviet Union wasn't dangerous but because it was a relatively simple enemy to fight. From John F. Kennedy. -- Gorbachev. Care yeah. Confronting and defeating communism has been the cornerstone of policy for decades. That is the wall came down I was sections -- 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 a -- 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 -- just a new religious radicalism was taking shape. And few were paying."

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

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