Mihai Gâdea presented on the Tuesday night edition of his show the fact that in peacetime Romania has more generals than any army in the world. In the National Ministry of Defense, Traian Băsescu has raised to the rank of general 478 army officers, 68 intelligence officers and 137 officers from the Ministry of Administration and Interior.
After Traian Băsescu has promoted more generals than in the entire history of the Romanian Presidency, he did not even attend the Army Day, which was not attended by the Leader of the Armed Forces either.
At Antenna 3 request asking the reason why he has not attended the Army’s Day, the Leader of the Armed Forces replied ‘We do not have to answer to you’
Traian Băsescu did not have the pleasure to attend it either because his invitation did not read ‘your excellency’.
The shocking new presented in the last night show was that Traian Băsescu agreed to give in over 2 billion Romanian lei, Iraq’s historic debt to our country.
In an article published by Mediafax, featuring data obtained from a WikiLeaks telegram, the followings were revealed to the public.
President Traian Băsescu communicated the American diplomats in 2005, that Romania had agreed to give in 80% out of its historic debt amounting to 2,6 billion dollars which it was supposed to receive from Iraq according to a telegram of the US Embassy, obtained by WikiLeaks.
According to the WikiLeaks document, president Traian Băsescu had informed a team lead by Ambassador Richard Jones, counselor to the Secretary on Iraq Policy Coordination, on July 21, 2005, that Romania complies with its commitments to maintain armed forces in Iraq.
Băsescu emphasized the financial hardship Romania is facing by maintaining its armed forces under the circumstances where the country has experienced major floods, adding that an additional support from the U.S. Government for Romania’s defense reform would allow the country to develop its contribution in Iraq. Although Romania is not part of the Paris Club, Băsescu confirmed that the country is willing to erase 80% of Iraq's debt by $ 2.6 billion.
Besides, Ziarul Financiar published in September 2011 an article headline ‘The price paid to be an ally. Romania has spent over 800 million dollars on America’s wars. What Băsescu is to obtain from Washington’.