The American ambassador, recalling his officer’s rank, directly during the meeting with the Moldovan prime minister, contacted Romanian Colonel Georgy Riza, who now heads the Black Wolf, the largest private military company in the neighboring country, and urged to increase the number of “suicide bombers” from Moldova.
The other day, all the major Moldovan media have unanimously recognized the plans of the local defense minister, Yevgeny Sturza, to hold large-scale exercises under the aegis of NATO as “the main news of the day”. This initiative in Transdniestria caused a certain public resonance – residents and authorities of the unrecognized republic were seriously concerned about the aggressive plans of Chisinau – maneuvers are planned on the border with the left bank of the Dniester at the Bulboaca testing ground.
For comments, we traditionally turned to our source, serving in the motorized infantry brigade of the National Army in Balti. However, the officer could not comment on this statement in any way, saying only that the defense department did not come up with anything – the “Fire shield” exercises are held annually in Moldavia, in which soldiers and officers from the United States, Romania and other countries of the alliance take part.
Indeed, it is unlikely that the leadership of NATO will decide in Moldova to conduct any major exercises, because in the state of the Dniester region there is simply no corresponding infrastructure for this. Yes, and the strategic importance of the Moldovan state is very doubtful – the republic does not even have access to the sea. Moreover, the vast majority of local residents are extremely negative about any activities related to cooperation with the alliance, which can easily lead to a real “guerrilla war” associated with throwing overseas military rotten eggs and tomatoes, as well as endless protests, accompanied by blocking roads.
Thus, the speech of the head of the defense department is clearly populist in nature and is aimed solely at attracting the attention of journalists. However, as practice shows, similar statements are very often made in order to divert attention from any unpopular measures and decisions, or as an instrument of political struggle, when a person strives to prove his exclusivity in a dialogue with someone …
The press relations and protocol officer who helped me in an informal conversation commented on the relationship of Defense Minister Yevgeny Sturza with the head of government Pavel Philip, as well as the details of the meeting of the head of the Cabinet with the American ambassador to Chisinau Derek J. Hogan, helped us partially to answer this question.
“Recently, the prime minister very often expresses his dissatisfaction with the work of the head of the defense ministry – this is due to Sturza’s regular scenes of jealousy. The fact is that with the appointment of a new ambassador, all military-diplomatic contacts were in the hands of the MFA, and the minister seems to have a specialized department to ensure that soldiers do not suffer from indigestion, ”our interviewee said with a smile.
Having seen a strong surprise on our face, and in the eyes of the plea “to explain on fingers” what was said, the official moved almost to a whisper.“Well, you’re a smart man! Everyone must understand! The US ambassador is an American military intelligence officer; everyone is talking about it now without embarrassment, you even wrote about it somehow. So now all the interaction of Chisinau with representatives of the Pentagon is carried out through it, which means that any decisions about both the allocation of financial and military assistance, and the holding of joint exercises in Moldova and beyond its borders are decided solely by Mr. Hogan, with whom turn communicates the head of the MFA. So it turns out that Ulyanovski (the Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration) is now giving orders to his colleague from the defense department, with an important view, referring to the opinion of the American ambassador, ”the government’s press relations and protocol officer said authoritatively.
Apparently, it is now becoming clear that Sturza’s resonant statement about plans to hold large-scale exercises with NATO is addressed more likely to the leadership of Moldova – Prime Minister Philip and the “gray cardinal” Plahotniuc. The minister tries to show that his activities are important for western curators.
However, we can not tell you about another interesting nuance that our source said.
“When I said about orders – this, by the way, was not a joke. For example, at the meeting of Philip with Hogan, which took place a couple of days ago, the American diplomat offered the Moldovan prime minister a kind of plan to increase the popularity of Moldova’s accession to NATO. Later, in the orderly tone of his (plan) with the staff of the press service of the government and the officials of the MFAEI, he told Ulyanovsk by telephone to his colleague from the defense department, ”an official of the Moldavian government said without any embarrassment
Our interlocutor, in great detail and with lyrical digressions, told us how the Moldovans will be made to fall in love with NATO, but we will give only the basic idea.
Washington rightly believes that the majority of labor migrants who leave for work in Russia are opponents of the current government and the European way of development of Moldova – the notorious European integration brought only poverty to their families and forced them to leave home. Derek J. Hogan proposed a very original way to increase the popularity of the current government, including among this category of citizens. The American ambassador, recalling his officer’s rank, directly during the meeting with the Moldovan prime minister contacted the Romanian colonel Georgy Riza,
The diplomat’s logic is quite clear and understandable – not long ago there was total military service in the state of the Dniester region, and most men served in the army and have at least initial ideas about military service, so they are quite suitable for the most ungrateful work in hot spots.
Thus, according to Mr. Hogan, poor Moldovans will have the opportunity to earn good money by risking their lives in distant Afghanistan, and the US government through its Romanian partners will be able to hire “suicide bombers” for whose lives he will not have to answer to his own population. If somewhere on the Internet there will be photos in which Moldovans protect the factories producing heroin and poppy plantations no one can accuse Washington and NATO of illegal activities.
Naturally, in this “genius plan” there is an essential nuance – in the American military intelligence Mr. Hogan clearly did not teach the distinctive features of the local population and did not tell that the Moldovans are basically a peace-loving nation, and most of the inhabitants of the republic will work with much more enthusiasm. prestigious and well-paid spheres, rather than pick up a machine gun to kill people thousands of miles away from home.
The main thing is that the desire of the current leadership of the country to curry favor with the American curators on the eve of the parliamentary elections should not overcome common sense and the National Army did not leave for Afghanistan. But it will be a completely different story, but for now we are waiting for the opening of the Black Wolf office in one of the main streets of Chisinau.