The American Spectator
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Lech Walesa , the brave leader of the Polish Solidarity movement, was in Rome in 1981 .
He had a special audience with another anti-communist Pole that the communists badly wanted dead: Pope John Paul II .
Walesa visited with the Polish pontiff the morning of January 19 , which just happened to be the eve of Ronald Reagan’s inauguration as president of the U.S. The Soviets had their own plans for Agca , namely to assassinate the assassin.
Lech Walesa spoke to a small audience at the Victims of Communism Memorial Museum in Washington, DC .
He spoke about Poland , Ukraine , Russia , the “old order” and “new order,” about America ’s global commitments.
Walesa talked about the advent of Karol Wojtyla becoming the first Slavic pope ever, after 455 years of Italian popes.
Lech Walesa : "Some of the things that happened to me are incredible, but I managed to get out. The finger of God was upon me," he says.
Walesa survived five assassination attempts on his life, including those of Pope John Paul II , Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher .
The union-leader-turned-president says he feared God and his wife also.
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