Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - British kaituhi kōrero o mua Timothy Garton Ash, i kite i muri tata i te matenga o Pope John Paul II, "... ki te kahore te Pope Polish, kahore revolution Solidarity i roto i Poland i 1980; ki te kahore Solidarity, kahore huringa nui i roto i te Soviet kaupapa ki te rawhiti Europe i raro i Gorbachev; ki te kahore e huringa taua, kahore huringa velvet
i te tau 1989.