Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Masanin tarihin Burtaniya Timothy Garton Ash, ya lura jim kaɗan bayan mutuwar Paparoma John Paul II, "... ba tare da Paparoma na Poland ba, babu juyin juya halin Solidarity a Poland a 1980; ba tare da Solidarity ba, babu canji mai ban mamaki a cikin manufofin Soviet game da gabashin Turai a ƙarƙashin Gorbachev; ba tare da wannan canjin ba, babu
juyin juya halin kyamarori a shekarar 1989.