President Obama is to give a speech in Berlin on transatlantic alliance . His words paid tribute to those Germans trapped in a divided Berlin , but his overriding point was , `` Freedom is indivisible , and when one man is enslaved , all are not free . '' It comes on the eve of anniversary of JFK 's famous Berlin speech . Kennedy used the occasion to signal his solidarity with people of West Berlin . The US was not at war, but it did have an interest in keeping East Germany from falling into communist hands.
President Obama is to give a speech in Berlin on transatlantic alliance . It comes on the eve of anniversary of JFK 's famous Berlin speech . Kennedy used the occasion to signal his solidarity with people of West Berlin . The US was not at war, but it did have an interest in keeping East Germany from falling into communist hands.