Just deserts
OK, I can't spell. Deserter. Better? He was drafted, and when his father was arrested, his career as a dentist switched to one of a grunt. Since he didn't want to kill people, he deserted, sort of. As it happened in Africa, he was captured by a warlord and given to the mission as an option, the other being strung up. If he leaves the mission, he dies. If he touches the nuns, he dies. She, on the other hand, was molested as a child and does not want anything to do with anyone male. Perfect setting for a romance.
So, who has a draft?
Since the mid-1990s, though, Belgium, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain have ended the draft. The Czech Republic, Italy, Latvia, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia plan to phase it out within the next several years. Romania looks good.
So, what is Romania doing?
Romania's Parliament declared in 2001 that Romanian participation in peacekeeping, humanitarian, and counterterrorism operations was a major goal of Romanian security and defense policy. Romania's active participation in multilateral operations began long before 2001. Following the end of the Cold War, its first overseas deployment was in 1991 when a field hospital gave support to Operation Desert Storm.
Romania also participates in NATO peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Kosovo, as well as the Organization for Security and Corporation in Europe (OSCE) observer mission in Macedonia. It has deployed peacekeeping troops and observers to the UN peacekeeping operation in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) and the UN Observation Mission in the Congo (MOUNC). All told, Romania currently has approximately 800 personnel deployed worldwide in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations.
Aha, he gets stuck with some nice troops in Congo and he splits, just to end up in a Liberian warlord's prison. Cool.
So, who has a draft?
Since the mid-1990s, though, Belgium, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain have ended the draft. The Czech Republic, Italy, Latvia, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia plan to phase it out within the next several years. Romania looks good.
So, what is Romania doing?
Romania's Parliament declared in 2001 that Romanian participation in peacekeeping, humanitarian, and counterterrorism operations was a major goal of Romanian security and defense policy. Romania's active participation in multilateral operations began long before 2001. Following the end of the Cold War, its first overseas deployment was in 1991 when a field hospital gave support to Operation Desert Storm.
Romania also participates in NATO peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Kosovo, as well as the Organization for Security and Corporation in Europe (OSCE) observer mission in Macedonia. It has deployed peacekeeping troops and observers to the UN peacekeeping operation in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) and the UN Observation Mission in the Congo (MOUNC). All told, Romania currently has approximately 800 personnel deployed worldwide in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations.
Aha, he gets stuck with some nice troops in Congo and he splits, just to end up in a Liberian warlord's prison. Cool.
posted by John | 8:07 PM
2 Comments:
Wow. Real research. Sure you wanna commit to something so complicated?
R: It isn't going to be that complicated as I write more about interaction and emotion than detail.
B: I thought about Lower Slovikstan, but might offend the readers with Slovik or stan heritages. Briscopia is the best.
R: B is my son, a brilliant web site designer, whom I'm failing with my lack of follow up on my web site.
B: R is a fellow writer who I would critique if she would post anything and who got me started in blogging.
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