Felicitări! But, of course, were one an alarmist, one might think that, suitably twisted into an allegation of election fraud or the like, this otherwise happy result could serve as a pretext for a nasty, imperialist neighbor to come to the aid of the oppressed Moldovans and rid them of their “selected, not elected” government.

And, hell, given the Administration’s weird fondness for Chávez, Ahmadinejad, Zelaya, and, oh hey, Castro, we might end up promoting such an invasion as a welcome stabilization of Bessarabia.

Update: André Glucksmann remains worried about Georgia. See if you can spot a bit error in the translation from French. [7/31: They mostly fixed the translation error.]

Confucius, Œc. Vol.

Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu.