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The Sikorski Flap
The American Conservative ^ | 10/22/2014 | Daniel Larison

Posted on 10/23/2014 9:04:14 AM PDT by mac_truck

Unsurprisingly, it turns out that an alleged Russian proposal to partition Ukraine with Poland in 2008 never happened. Now the Polish politician who made the claim, the ex-foreign minister and current speaker Radek Sikorski, is in a bit of trouble back home:

The claim of a Russian offer was explosive, and dominated Polish media for much of the day Tuesday. But after an embarrassing series of news conferences, Mr Sikorski was forced to admit it had never happened. A media-savvy former reporter who has handled the press with aplomb for years, Mr Sikorski acknowledged that “my memory failed me,” and that indeed the February 2008 meeting had involved no one-on-one meeting between Mr Tusk and Mr Putin at all. The walk-back is an enormous humiliation for Mr Sikorski, who served seven years as foreign minister and who had for a time been a serious candidate to take the job of the EU’s top diplomat. Poland’s opposition parties are demanding that he be fired from his current position as speaker of parliament. Ewa Kopacz, the new prime minister, is furious with him.

(Excerpt) Read more at theamericanconservative.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: eu; poland; russia; sikorski
Incredible that this Polish hack was being considered for the EU's top foreign policy spot...but then again maybe it isn't.
1 posted on 10/23/2014 9:04:14 AM PDT by mac_truck
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To: mac_truck

I hope Poland and Polish politics recovers quickly from this.


2 posted on 10/23/2014 9:31:19 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: mac_truck

This Mr. Sikorski learned well from harry Reid.

Only a politician can fabricate an entire story and claim it was a failure of memory or “I never said that.” The difference here (I’m in Poland currently) NO ONE is defending him. If he were a democrat the MSN and fellow democrats would be circling the wagon around this liar. Here, they want him tarred and feathered.


3 posted on 10/23/2014 9:36:41 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: mac_truck
The walk-back is an enormous humiliation for Mr Sikorski

Maybe. But he makes a hell of a helicopter.


4 posted on 10/23/2014 9:39:44 AM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them. We have no 'news media', only a Soviet Pravda.)
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To: mac_truck

Well it coulda happened. /sarc


5 posted on 10/23/2014 9:42:00 AM PDT by McGruff (The whole Omama Administration is a breach in protocol)
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To: Organic Panic

Glad to hear that this outragious fabrication isn’t playing well in Poland OP, especially with the newly installed Prime Minister.

Any truth to the rumors that Sikorski will be forced to resign?


6 posted on 10/23/2014 9:51:05 AM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: mac_truck

In the fwiw dept methinks WWIV will begin in an insignificant village in TU. Maybe in Odessa in the Crimea, but probably in Chakmakli...

But don’t quote me ...

5.56mm


7 posted on 10/23/2014 10:07:14 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: mac_truck

Sikorski has written extensively for National Review.


8 posted on 10/23/2014 10:38:00 AM PDT by bagman
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To: Organic Panic

Organic, do you live in Poland, or are you just working there?


9 posted on 10/23/2014 10:47:19 AM PDT by roofgoat
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To: bagman
Sikorski has written extensively for National Review.

That does not surprise me...NR hasn't been the same since WFB departed.

10 posted on 10/23/2014 11:19:27 AM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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Whatever ha said or didn't say is irrelevant, the article by Ben Judah (which include alleged quotes) is an accurate description of what is going on in Russia...

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/10/vladimir-putins-coup-112025.html#.VElJ-LO1mmU

...and typical neo-cons/IMF/Rotschilds/Monsato Nazi conspiracy bullshyts won't change that.

11 posted on 10/23/2014 11:52:16 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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