Churchills Iron Curtain speech remembered

In his "Iron Curtain" speech, delivered exactly 60 years ago, Winston Churchill brilliantly defined an era. The speech may also have lessons for the present.

It was a heroic but troubled time. The world was in turmoil after the most terrible conflict in human history.

On 5 March 1946 Churchill was no longer the UK's prime minister but he still enjoyed a giant reputation around the world.

So US President Harry Truman himself travelled 1,000 miles to Fulton, Missouri, to hear Churchill give a speech after receiving an honorary degree at Westminster College there.

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An interesting article.
Dose anybody think the speech can be applyed to todays political landscape ?
If so How ?
Do Middle Eastern and African governments with the expection of Irasel , Iraq and South Africa form an iron Curtain ?

[edit on 6-3-2006 by xpert11]