Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - ɗan 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 wani 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.