Seizing Romania's oil: Is history about to repeat itself?

 

Romania's oil: Is history about to repeat itself?

     Last week I was in Romania, taking a long bus ride from Brasov back to Bucharest.  Brasov is the home of the famous Black Church, one of the most impressive medieval cathedrals in Europe.  Sit in a pew there for five minutes and you will immediately wanna become Christ-like, run off to the United Nations and demand an end to all wars!

 

     Brasov was also where I got hopelessly lost in the rain as I gracelessly stumbled up and down its narrow cobblestones streets, desperately searching for my nice warm hotel.  No freaking idea where that freaking hotel was!  But then I spotted a sign over a market that read "K-Food & K-Beauty".  Being a big fan of K-Drama, I knew they could help me!  And they did.

       Brasov was also the destination of a massive migration of German Saxons during the twelfth century.  Around 1150 AD, the local king invited a whole bunch of Germans to move here -- and they did.  Result?  The architecture of Brasov makes you think you are in some medieval German village.  Good job, King Géza.  You have made Brasov look scenic as hell.  But I digress.  

 

      Back on the bus.

      Suddenly my bus started driving past a whole bunch of oil wells and even an oil refinery.  Wait, what?  Romania has oil?  "Duh, yeah," said the guy next to me.  "You never heard the story about when Hitler and America battled for Romanian oil?  Tragic story.  Americans got their butts kicked.  Operation Tidal Wave was a disaster."

       I googled it.  Here's what I got:

Operation Tidal Wave was a daring, low-level American air raid on August 1, 1943, targeting nine oil refineries around Ploiești, Romania, which supplied a major portion of Nazi Germany's crude oil. 

Key Facts of the Mission:

Date:  August 1, 1943 ("Black Sunday")
Force:  177 Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers flying a 2,700-mile round trip from Benghazi, Libya
Target:  Nine oil refineries and fuel infrastructure in the Ploiești, Câmpina, and Brazi regions ("Hitler's gas station")
Tactics:  Designed as a surprise, tree-top altitude attack (under 50 to 100 feet) to evade radar 

What Went Wrong:

Navigation Errors & Alerts:  Missteps during the long flight over the Balkans broke radio silence and alerted Axis air defenses (36 heavy anti-aircraft batteries and German/Romanian fighter squadrons). 
Defenses Awaiting:  Instead of hitting an undefended target by surprise, the bombers flew straight into heavy flak and interceptors. 
Chaos on the Ground:  Smoke from burning oil tanks blinded subsequent waves, and many crews had to bomb alternate or smoke-obscured targets. 

Casualties and Impact:

Losses:  53 out of 177 B-24 bombers were lost, along with roughly 310 aircrew killed or missing, plus hundreds captured, interned, or wounded. 

Wow!  Who knew!

     "But why bring all this up now," you might ask.  Let me explain.  America tried to seize Libya's oil, Iraq's oil, Venezuela's oil, Russia's oil, etc. and sooner or later all that oil-pirating stuff has turned out badly for the U.S. because it has cost us more in war-making expenses than you and I have profited from.  In fact, the average American taxpayer has profited nothing from all these oil wars.  All we got was inflation and debt.

 

     And now America is also trying to seize Iran's oil too -- with yet another Operation Tidal Wave, just like what happened in Romania back in 1943.  And it looks like this operation will end just as tragically.

 

     But, no, I'm not saying that the Iranians are Nazis.  I've been to Iran.  They are just human beings just like you and me -- except with better school systems, a more democratic government and a lot more oil.  But other than the Hitler bit, this analogy holds true.  If America invades Iran, it will also get its butt kicked as well.    

     Looks like history is about to repeat itself in Iran.  Sigh.

 

PS:  Journalist John Helmer just made an interesting comment.  "Apparently the Europeans are planning to turn both Poland and Romania into a war-fighting platform like they did in Ukraine."  Holy cow!  This whole lovely country of Romania will soon become another devastated and non-functional failed state like Ukra$ne if NATO gets its way?  Noooo! 

 

PS:  Romania also has the second-largest American airbase in Europe.  According to google:

 

     The primary hub for U.S. and NATO air operations in Romania is the Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base (officially the RoAF 57th Air Base / MKAB), located near the Black Sea port city of Constanța. 

Key Details

Location:  Co-located with Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport. 
U.S. & NATO Presence:  Hosts U.S. forces (including elements from the U.S. Army Garrison Black Sea and rotational air units) alongside regional NATO air-policing missions. 
Major Expansion:  Romania launched a massive €2 billion+ multi-year project to expand the facility into a sprawling installation capable of housing thousands of NATO troops, service members' families, and expanded operational infrastructure. 
Other Locations:  The U.S. military also operates or utilizes other key sites in Romania, including the 71st Air Base at Câmpia Turzii (which has hosted U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drones) and defensive installations at Deveselu.

Sucks to be Romanian right now.  

Resources:

 

Patrick Henningsen tells us about...everything we need to know regarding America's illegal wars:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwkU2HryaYY 

 

Here are John Helmer's observations regarding the future of the Europe-Russia-Ukra$ne slaughter:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0V6oPOKbS0 

 

Once again, John Mearsheimer reminds us of the real facts surrounding the Ukra$ne war:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1t_Mdms8Tc 

 

And the Military Summary Channel says the massacre in Ukra$ne continues big-time:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKxbdHCx9uY   

 

This is HUGE:  Taxpayers just demanded the arrest of Trump, Rubio, etc. at the ICC for aiding and abetting genocide!  https://www.taxpayeralliance.net/ 

 

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