Here that commie rat bastard is, facing holiness, and sweating bullets.
Posted on 04/04/2006 11:07:41 AM PDT by lizol
I'm not sure this is the case but am willing to be enlightened by anyone who knows more about it. I seem to recall that the chances of a Soviet and Warsaw Pact move into Poland to dismantle Solidarity if the Poles themselves didn't do it was at the time (1981) seen as probable.
My first impulse is to hang folks like this, after a fair trial, of course.
But then I think, if the average dictator sees that the hangman's noose awaits him once lets go of his hold on power, perhaps he might tighten his grip all the more.
From the article:
"...General Jaruzelski has responded to the latest attempt at bringing him to account as tantamount to passing moral judgment on all those Poles who considered martial law a justified move to save Poland from outside Soviet intervention and bloodshed from an internal war."
Do you think that this will be a winning defense?
Just curious... does the Polish government provide an attorney for General Jaruzelski or is he responsible for retaining his own legal counsel?
Just as probable as the invasion of Hungary or Czechoslovakia.
Dzieki
He should live the rest of his life in jail.
Here that commie rat bastard is, facing holiness, and sweating bullets.
1956 1968
He is broken man now
That was my impression too, during those times. It seemed as if Poland was confronted with two choices--total domination by the Soviets, and harsh but less harsh domination by this general. "Democracy" for Poland was NOT an option circa 1979-1982, and if this general did not slightly crack down on democratic forces during that time, then the Soviets would have, with much roughter consequences.
Democracy was inevitable for Poland, but by taking the lesser of the two evils temporarily, democracy came without bloodshed, without violence.
As much as I dearly appreciate the friendship of all the Poles on the ping list, I am sure they will wish to lynch me for proposing that the bust of this general be put on their coinage, currency, and postage stamps, because even though he was not a "nice guy," he made democracy possible.
Jaruzelski was told by the Soviets in the middle of '81, that the Soviets would not invade, even if Solidarity achieved power in Poland. But Jaruzelski hid that from the military so they could do his bidding in the belief that it would save Poland from Soviet invasion. He saved Poland from nothing, he is a traitor.
In 1980, yes invasion was possible. By 1981, due to Reagan being in the White House and the Soviets problems in Afghanistan, things changed considerably. By then, there was no threat of Soviet invasion.
By 1981 Brezhnev was virtually incapacitated, and dead by 1982. In his earlier days, he would have sent in the tanks, regardless of cost.
I think he's wealthy enough to afford defence expences on his own.
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