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Bush agrees U.S. will help modernize Polish military
Reuters ^ | 03102008 | Reuters

Posted on 03/10/2008 10:20:40 AM PDT by tmp02

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Whose money is Bush going to use to do this?
1 posted on 03/10/2008 10:20:41 AM PDT by tmp02
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With few exceptions Poland has proven to be a bold and unwavering ally in a strategic part of the world. Money well spent IMO.


2 posted on 03/10/2008 10:22:42 AM PDT by traderrob6
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We build Iraq’s army. We build Poland’s army.

All at the taxpayers dollar.


3 posted on 03/10/2008 10:27:06 AM PDT by tmp02
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This should boost Mr. Putins popularity.


4 posted on 03/10/2008 10:28:04 AM PDT by stuartcr (Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
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Better to spend it on Poland than on the Saudis, of course Bush will do both.


5 posted on 03/10/2008 10:28:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (11+7+15=3 Heismans)
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Well, freedom isn't cheap.

As a Pole myself I say HOOAH!

6 posted on 03/10/2008 10:29:34 AM PDT by tlj18 (Governor Sarah Palin for Vice President!)
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Kinda late isn't it? We needed to help modernize their military in 1938. Then they needed several squadrons of night bombers, several squadrons of up-to-date fighters, a lot more fake and real airfields, and some asymmetric tactics.
7 posted on 03/10/2008 10:30:24 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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Better Poland than Hamas and Hezbolah.
8 posted on 03/10/2008 10:33:13 AM PDT by ryan71
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Absolutely! You reward your friends who stay with you thru thick and thin..........


9 posted on 03/10/2008 10:42:25 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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Poland also needed to wake up and realize that in the end, Britain and France would not have their back.


10 posted on 03/10/2008 10:44:35 AM PDT by dfwgator (11+7+15=3 Heismans)
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Do you want a missile shield there, or not?


11 posted on 03/10/2008 10:47:16 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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New horses for the Polish lancers?


12 posted on 03/10/2008 10:47:31 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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I was going to make the same comment but thought I’d read all first. Right on!


13 posted on 03/10/2008 10:53:52 AM PDT by mcshot (Missing my grade school desk which protected from nuclear blasts.)
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They definitely need to upgrade their sidearms.


14 posted on 03/10/2008 11:05:20 AM PDT by edpc (Republican Attack Machine Field Service Technician)
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It is about time the US offerred help to Poland - who got stabbed in the back by Roosevelt losing nearly 10 million people during WWII and ensuing years.

They paid the biggest toll during WWII.


15 posted on 03/10/2008 11:49:14 AM PDT by spanalot
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The West owes the Poles a HUGE debt of gratitude. It was Polish King John Sobiesky who in 1683 led the Polish army in a crushing defeat of the Turks who were at the time laying siege to Vienna. With his victory Sobiesky and the Poles ended the Islam’s attempts to occupy Europe.

Unfortunately present day Western Europe seems hell-bent on giving the Muzzys everthing without a so much as a whimper. It may yet fall to the Poles again to save their sorry *sses.


16 posted on 03/10/2008 12:32:38 PM PDT by technically right
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“Western Europe seems hell-bent on giving the Muzzys everthing without a so much as a whimper.”

Worth repeating.


17 posted on 03/10/2008 2:49:15 PM PDT by spanalot
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I don't think that he explicitly stated that US will modernize Polish army. Sounds more like he stated the fact that there is a need to do so, but didn't make any commitments... at least in my opinion.
18 posted on 03/11/2008 4:27:45 PM PDT by Konrad_PL (prouder than ever...)
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“Do you want a missile shield there, or not?”

Not if it is going to come from our pockets.


19 posted on 03/12/2008 10:13:06 AM PDT by tmp02
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“Well, freedom isn’t cheap.

As a Pole myself I say HOOAH!”

Food, fuel, etc, isn’t cheap either here at home. The dollar has been losing value and yet we want to spent money we don’t have for other counties.


20 posted on 03/12/2008 10:21:16 AM PDT by tmp02
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