Bulgaria Unpatriotized History
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7th Century - first state of Bulgaria
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11th Century - Bulgaria ruled by Byzantine Empire
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14th Century - Bulgaria ruled by Ottoman Empire
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late 1800s - Bulgaria goes from Ottoman Empire to nominally autonomous under Russian control
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1908 - Bulgaria declares itself independent under tsar Ferdinand
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1914-1918 - Bulgaria allies with Germany in WWI
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1939-1944 - WWII, Bulgaria conquered by Germany.
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1944 - Soviets oust Germans
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1946 - referendum creates Bulgarian monarchy, republic. Communist party wins election.
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1947 - one party communist state created within Russian sphere.
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1948-1956 - CIA's "Operation Splinter Factor" gets leaders dismissed, imprisoned, and sometimes killed in Bulgaria and throughout Eastern Europe.
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1989 - multiparty system reintroduced.
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1990 - massive USG election tampering via National Endowment for Democracy (NED) - money given to Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), to try to defeat Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), the remnant of the old communist leadership. Chaos results. BSP wins anyway.
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1991 - NED pays for massive disruption - protests, strikes.
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1992 - BSP lose election.
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1993 - protest shuts down new government
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1994 - economy in terrible shape
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1990s & 2000s - back and forth between BSP, UDF, and old royalists. Economic troubles. Protests. Bulgarian leaders trying to get into NATO, EU.
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2003 - Bulgaria participates in US invasion of Iraq
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2004 - Bulgaria joins NATO
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2007 - Bulgaria joins EU
Three Key Points On Bulgaria's Role in Today's US-Dominated World
Apparently the USG did not pay too much attention to Bulgaria until 1989. Then it worked hard to bring Bulgaria into line with Washington's agenda. This agenda appears to consist of 3 main points, all of which appear to be progressing successfully:
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The US wants Bulgaria to be a US client state militarily
It's a strategically important place:
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| The Black Sea region provides excellent power projection toward the heart of the Greater Middle East (roughly the area between Morocco and Pakistan). It is also the region which connects the Caspian Sea oil- and gas-rich zone with the eastern Mediterranean Sea, an area of crucial importance for the European Union's energy needs. |
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http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_printable&report_id=401&language_id=1
Bulgaria joined NATO, houses US troops, and participated in the US invasion of Iraq.
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The US seems to want Bulgaria to be a client state economically
Bulgaria has apparently borrowed billions from private US banks and US-controlled institutions like the IMF. It has sold some of its public infrastructure to private US companies.
The standard of living of the poor and average Bulgarian has apparently plummeted since 1990.
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| In Bulgaria, for instance, the percentage of people below the poverty line rose from 2% in 1987 to 33% in 1994-5 |
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http://www.fpif.org/briefs/vol1/eurecon.html
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The US may want to use Bulgaria to reduce the likelihood of the European Union becoming a viable rival to the US
Bulgaria became a member of the EU. With some of its puppet masters in Washington, this helps Washington quell the potential for EU emerging as a rival to the US.
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| At the same time, Western Europe will hastily become aware that integrating southeastern and Balkan countries will likely produce a further advancement of pro-Atlantic, pro-U.S. European factions and will undermine any attempt to build an autonomous E.U. power. |
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http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_printable&report_id=401&language_id=1
sources:
Blum, William. Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 2000. p. 157.
Blum, William. Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 1995. pp. 60, 314-320.
http://sofia.usembassy.gov/
http://www.nato.int/structur/countries.htm
http://bulgaria.usembassy.gov/information_about_the_u.s._mission
http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_printable&report_id=401&language_id=1
http://timelines.ws/countries/BULGARIA.HTML
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1061402.stm
http://www.fpif.org/briefs/vol1/eurecon.html
http://www.northstarcompass.org/nsc0604/bulgaria.htm