True enough, but it's also possible that the military, sensing that the tide had suddenly shifted and there weren't enough of them to take on the entire enraged Romanian population, came to their senses, figured their odds, and sided with the ones who had the higher probability of succeeding. Their thinking might have been along the lines of "There are 5,000 of them to each one of us, and even having arms, we are outnumbered".... and did not want to be torn apart by an angry mob, the military suddenly realized that they had been part of an evil regime and decided to simply stop supporting the dictator.
People (and human nature in general) are calculating survivalists and cynics. Say what one might about their patriotism or desires for freedom, the Romanian military must have also realized the ultimate hopelessness of their fragile situation. Just my opinion.
but it took the military to turn on him and be on the side of the protestors for this to happen without much blood shed.
when will our military say enough is enough and do the same?
True enough, but it's also possible that the military, sensing that the tide had suddenly shifted and there weren't enough of them to take on the entire enraged Romanian population, came to their senses, figured their odds, and sided with the ones who had the higher probability of succeeding. Their thinking might have been along the lines of "There are 5,000 of them to each one of us, and even having arms, we are outnumbered".... and did not want to be torn apart by an angry mob, the military suddenly realized that they had been part of an evil regime and decided to simply stop supporting the dictator.
People (and human nature in general) are calculating survivalists and cynics. Say what one might about their patriotism or desires for freedom, the Romanian military must have also realized the ultimate hopelessness of their fragile situation. Just my opinion.