Posted on 12/12/2005 7:28:13 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Hmmm... How about the rendition of terrorists to Count Dracula?
Good move. Glad to see it.
Jimmy Carter is the gift that keeps on giving.
Thank God that Ronald Reagan is as well.
One more thing to be remembering Ronald Reagan for...
The Romanians?, OH YEAH, I remember now, they held the German Flanks at Stalingrad along with the Italians. I guess its now our turn to have them?
Nobody recognizes repression like former Soviet 'republics'. Never again means never again.
Communism, EU socialism, Muslim fanaticism, it's all the same to them. Welcome aboard, let's kick some ass.
I knew a girl who went on a mission trip to Romania. The one thing which impressed her was how hard working they were.
Relax, Russia. You aren't the Bad Guys any more. It's quite true........we share a common enemy now in radical Islam.
They should welcome our presence and our joint efforts to eradicate this Muslim threat from the face of the earth.
This is huge news of long term geopolitical consequence, which will probably be buried in all the mainstream papers if mentioned at all. Just like they buried the major US victory of India realigning with the USA, against Iran.
It is a fantastic victory for the USA to have a base in this location on many levels. Really pissing off the reflexive anti-americans in the EU is a big bonus we should revel in for a moment.
First off you look at a map and you realize how much closer these bases are to the action than Germany. Then you think how wonderful it is to be giving pro american anti-communists in Romania our money, instead of socialist anti-americans in Germany. Another bonus is that many things are quite cheap in Romania, compared to the high cost of things in Germany.
Then you think about our huge bases in Turkey, a country which stabs us in the back everytime we actually really need these bases. What good is all the millions we spend in turkey when we cannot use the bases when most needed? Stupid, stupid, stupid.
These bases are even more important, since the USA is steadily getting kicked out of more of the nation "stans" in central asia every year.
Isn't the Romanian army armed with torches and pitchforks? Joke.
The Romanian Army should name one of their divisions "Vlad the Impailer Division" That would help send a nice message to the Islamic terrorists in the Mideast.
Russian leaders should pull their chairs up to the Caspian sea, and soon, watch the pretty light show on the other side (Iran).
Great news for my cousins in Roumania.
60 years under the boot of communism, and they're ready to replace it with a different boot.
Too bad New Europe doesn't have an alternative than to join into union with the Old.
Burgas, Bulgaria (also on the Black Sea coast) should be next for an U.S. airbase. It's even closer to the Bosporous (about 125 miles), which is the chokepoint allowing access to the Black Sea from the Sea of Marmara.
Just to clarify, Sevastopol is now part of Ukraine, not Russia, but the Russians still have their Black Sea Fleet naval base there. It's a very prickly situation.
I hope to hell we move our bases out of Germany and into places like Romania, Hungary- where we'll be appreciated.
The problem with Romania is it is impossible to get into or out of there without going thru the strategic chokepoint of the Bosporus or crossing the land/airspace of other countries. That greatly limits our flexibility and should we have permission denied, could bring ops to a near halt. A much better location would directly on the Med/Adriatic in places such as Slovenia, Croatia or Albania where we would have unhampered access to international waters.
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