Originally posted by Boroda
Do you think that it was good or bad that Chaushesku and his family was executed without a trial?...
Ceausescu and his wife's execution was rushed by his henchmen, who then took power in the new 'democratic' country. The very same people still hold power,even though they lost the elections in 1996, but they won again in 2000. It is indeed a strange country, like you said, that's one of the reasons we left.
I would be the last to deny the technological ccomplishments of the USSR before and after the Second World War. However, don't forget that many engineers, like Korolev were imprisoned by the commies. They were such patriots they continued serving their country. THEY were great people, but the country that locked them up and freed them when it needed their brains wasn't.