Hundreds of thousands of Romanians cheered President Bush as he welcomed us into NATO, and we meant it. Just like we meant it when we cheered Nicolae Ceausescu - both when he spoke and when he was executed. We are good at cheering. What we are not good at is understanding what we are cheering for. Our new NATO membership sounds great, but we really don't know why.
Hundreds of thousands of Romanians cheered President Bush as he welcomed us into NATO, and we meant it. Just like we meant it when we cheered Nicolae Ceausescu - both when he spoke and when he was executed. We are good at cheering. What we are not good at is understanding what we are cheering for. Our new NATO membership sounds great, but we really don't know why.