Fear from Russian invasion is based on some facts:
-from 1711 until 1944 Russians invaded us 18 times;
-last time we also lost ~ 50,000 sq. km of territory together with ~ 1,800,000 ethnic Romanians; many of those were deported by Stalin in Siberia and Central Asia;
-they impose an communist regime that transformed a rather prosperous country (per capita GDP in 1938 was higher than Greece or Portugal) into one of the least developed in Europe.
But yes, to many it may seem paranoia.
BTW, we weren’t always friends with US. In fact, for ~ half year in 1944 we clashed with USAAF (USAF ancestor). But today situation is different.
Are you for real? In what reality are you living? Fear of Russian invasion? You really make me laugh. No one in Romania fears that. No one! I am certainly not afraid of that. Due to our bad relations with Russia we pay the most expensive price for natural gas in Europe.
By your logic we should be afraid of the Turks, Hungarians, Tatars, Mongols, Italians, right? How many times did the Turks invaded Romania?
Back on topic: I, as a Romanian tax payer, don`t want to pay for junk. The idea to exchange 30+ year old MiGs with 20+ year old Lawn Darts is just over my level of understanding. If we want to make agriculture with jet fighters, 2nd hand F-16s is the solution.
I, as a Romanian tax payer, would pay for new aircraft knowing that in the long term military aviation won’t transform itself into comets killing good men.
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