Padraig Martin
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Watch Romania closely
The election in Romania - or more importantly, the tyrannical decision to suspend the will of the Romanian people by their Constitutional Court - has profound geopolitical implications for the United States and the world. Romania is the primary state from which the US is currently supporting the Ukrainians. A Nationalist Romanian government would be exponentially less likely to support a continuation of that war and more likely to agree with Orban's Hungarian neutrality.
Romania is only a generation removed from the Christmas execution of Ceauศescu. Whereas the situation is not nearly as desperate as it was in 1989, the Romanians have a great deal of justifiable anger at tyrannical governments and manipulation by foreign agents. They rightfully see that neither Russia nor the United States has Romania's best interests at heart. But if the Americans continue to toy with the internal affairs of Romania (which they are doing now), do not be surprised if Romania gets very bloody very quickly - and gets cozier with fellow Orthodox states in Eastern Europe.
Georgia, which shares similarities to Romania, just shifted toward a more pro-Orthodox, anti-Western government. Bulgaria is moving in the same direction, thanks to political instability. A key factor is Western immorality.
Christianity is the foundational glue of Romanian society. It kept Romania "Romanian" during the outrageously brutal, post-war Soviet torture and humiliation phase. It inoculated the Romanians from Communism, even when the brutal government was officially Communist until 1989. It played a key role in the post-Soviet collapse rebuilding phase. The secular "woke" West cannot appreciate the importance of faith for Romanians - especially those who are a little older. Pushing immoral nonsense on them and then manipulating their elections when Washington does not like the results will only make matters worse in the long run. Romania is about to get pretty wild.
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