Romania the Laggard

Romania the Laggard
Roughly thirteen years ago on December 22nd 1989 Nicolae Ceausescu communist dictator of Romania was captured in a bloody revolution which coasted the lives of 1104 Romanians. Three days later on Christmas Day along side his wife Nicolae Ceausescu was tried and executed by firing squad in the cold streets of Bucharest found guilty for suppressing the people of Romania for twenty-one years, using secrete police to silence political enemies, and ordering his army to kill 60,000 people. While Nicolae drank fine wine and resided in a palace Romanians loitered in the streets of Bucharest protesting with signs with “We Want Bread” written on them. Nicolae ordered the army to shoot and kill all protestors in Bucharest but it was too late. The army knew his time was over and neglected to follow orders. Nicolae went to his officers personally and demanded them o fire on the protestors declaring them enemies of the state and they did so killing around 100 citizens a...