May what happened to Ceausescu, send a shiver down the back of every tyrant.
Posted on 12/16/2009 10:39:24 AM PST by NormsRevenge
TIMISOARA, Romania – To the strains of strings playing Christmas carols, Romanians paid homage Wednesday to the fighters who took to the streets of this Transylvanian city 20 years ago, sparking the revolution that swept Eastern Europe's most repressive dictator from power.
It was here that residents flocked to the defense of an ethnic Hungarian dissident pastor who was being threatened with forced relocation, leading to rapidly escalating confrontations with police.
The next day, police, army and secret service units began firing at protesters, the start of six days of fighting that subsequently spilled over to Bucharest and led to the toppling of Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu.
More than 1,000 people were killed in the sole violent upheaval of the revolutions that swept communist from power across Eastern Europe 20 years ago. Of those, 118 were killed in Timisoara.
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Names like Mugabe, Chavez, Castro, and the military rulers of Burma/Myanmar come to mind..
Romania marks 20 years since anti-communist revolt?
You really meant to say:
Romania marks 20 years since Teabaggers overthrew the people’s government of social, economic, and environmental justice.
May what happened to Ceausescu, send a shiver down the back of every tyrant.
He’s dead, Jim.
His last speech. Note he didnt have a teleprompter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU53qv5aA1M
Romanian term limits! When all else fails.
Seeing that pic warmed my heart back in 1989. If only Chavez and Ahmanutjob could suffer the same fate.
My best girlfriend was there at the time. She ended up coordinating the clean-up and liberation of 17,000 children from orphanages around the countryside.
One can only wonder what this country will be like
twenty years after our anti-communist revolt in 2010.
And the miracle is that US Nation Building wasn't needed by the Romanians at all. They did it all by themselves.
today is the anniversary of his execution.
“It was here that residents flocked to the defense of an ethnic Hungarian dissident pastor who was being threatened with forced relocation, leading to rapidly escalating confrontations with police.” — they’d had enough at this point.
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