Posted on 03/24/2015 12:28:38 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister
RT says it like it is. And is the source for the truth for our Putinistas.
Who do you pray to, Putin?
Poland regained independence after WWII, but the Soviet Union invaded and had to be defeated to assure independence.
As you know, Poland again lost its independence when Germany and Russia invaded in 1939.
After the War, under occupation of the Red Army, the Soviets insured Poland would be governed by a puppet government.
Poland only regained true independence after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Poland's fears are genuine. It has been Russian policy for centuries to dominate Poland as a buffer against Germany.
Does the FSB still have you on salary, Comrade Chekist?
A Russian invasion or incursion into Poland will have a very different result than the one we are witnessing in Ukraine.
Oh they do.
Love Polish people but there is no doubt that at this moment in history they are in a VERY precarious place between Putin and Obama.
I think a shooting fight is coming soon and it’s not likely any Americans will be there to help them.
Worthy heirs of the Poles in the Sabaton songs “40:1” and “Uprising”
The Poles were the first to capture an enigma machine, and it was smuggled to Britain. It was obvious how it worked, it was just that it had so many possible permutations, changed daily, that it was nearly impossible to crack before Turing came along and automated the process.
Polish enthusiasm might have been in some part due to:
US Ambassador Skydives With Polish Troops
Associated Press Videos
Mon, Sep 8, 2014 1:00
The US Ambassador to Poland, Stephen Mull, joined Polish soldiers in a parachute jump on Monday. Mull was attached to the captain of the 6th Airborne Brigade, Daniel Bobrowski. It was his first parachute jump. (Sept. 8)
Makes me want to spend vacation dollars there.
Different countries, different reactions.
In the Czech Republic, the government had to warn Anti-US protestors that throwing rotten fuit and eggs at the American APC’s could land them in jail.
http://www.praguemonitor.com/2015/03/20/protest-be-staged-against-us-convoy-czech-republic
Poland has always had to fight to even exist, which gives then a bit of a different viewpoint on things.
Being on “The Highway of Europe”, smack in the middle of East-West, they have had to be at war more than they have been at peace, for over a thousand years.
After WW1, they had to fight the short Polish-German War, the incredibly bloody Polish Civil Wars, and the Polish-Soviet War to secure Independence.
The violent coups of the 20’s, and the short war against the Czechs in 1938 did nothing to help them prepare for what was coming in WW2.
Then the Soviet repressions of the 40’s-50’s, etc.
It can easily be said that, excluding the Fall of the Soviet Union period, that Poland has been in it’s most peaceful 50 years of it’s existence.
The Russians will create a provocation. It’s what they do.
The article says the protesters are leftist activists and communists. Gee, there is a shocker
Beautiful pictures. Thank-you for posting. I am very afraid for the Polish people.
Your tax rubles at work.
“and the short war against the Czechs in 1938”
Nazis :)))))
Excellent.
The suffering of the Poles in the last century was incalculable.
I wish I could believe that they could count on us now.
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