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Poland won't be intimidated over US missiles: president
AFP ^ | August 19, 2008

Posted on 08/19/2008 3:00:47 PM PDT by lizol

Poland won't be intimidated over US missiles: president

WARSAW (AFP) — In a clear swipe at Russia, Poland's President Lech Kaczynski on Tuesday said his country would not give in to threats over its deal with Washington to deploy US missile silos on Polish soil.

"No-one can dictate to Poland what it should do. That's in the past," Kaczynski said in a live prime-time television address ahead of Wednesday's signing of the accord with the United States.

"Our neighbours should now understand that our nation will never give in, nor allow itself to be intimidated," Kaczynski said, in the wake of Russian threats to target Poland in retaliation for hosting a US base.

Kaczynski did not name Russia directly in his speech, but his mention of the "past" was a clear reference to Poland's decades as a Soviet satellite state.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is scheduled to sign the missile deal in Warsaw Wednesday morning in a ceremony which comes after months of negotiations coloured by strident opposition from Russia.

Washington plans by 2011-2013 to base 10 interceptor missiles in Poland plus a radar facility in the neighbouring Czech Republic -- both of them NATO members -- to complete a system already in place in the United States, Greenland and Britain.

(Excerpt) Read more at afp.google.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: antimissileshield; geopolitics; intimidation; missiledefense; poland; russia
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1 posted on 08/19/2008 3:00:49 PM PDT by lizol
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2 posted on 08/19/2008 3:01:26 PM PDT by lizol
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To: lizol

“”Our neighbours should now understand that our nation will never give in, nor allow itself to be intimidated,” Kaczynski said...”

Hmmm. I like this guy.....


3 posted on 08/19/2008 3:02:41 PM PDT by scottdeus12 (Jesus is real, whether you believe in Him or not.)
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To: lizol

I’ve always loved Poland. Poles have “BRASS ONES” the size of King Kong.


4 posted on 08/19/2008 3:04:20 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: lizol

A cheap military victory is looking more and more like a costly political mistake. No one wants a return of the soviet dominance.


5 posted on 08/19/2008 3:07:16 PM PDT by telebob
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To: lizol

The land of my ancestors once again makes me proud of my heritage.


6 posted on 08/19/2008 3:08:32 PM PDT by Focault's Pendulum (Shut Up and Drill!!!)
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To: lizol

Now, Poland, don’t be too proud! You need to listen to Pat Buchanan! After all, it was your fault you were invaded by Germany and Russia in ‘39!/sarcasm


7 posted on 08/19/2008 3:08:32 PM PDT by RPTMS
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To: lizol

God bless Poland! May the USA stand firmly in its support!!


8 posted on 08/19/2008 3:10:53 PM PDT by Spottys Spurs (Proudly served with the 1st H.B. 369th...)
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To: lizol

If the history of Poland has taught us anything, it’s that nothing and no one intimidates the Poles.


9 posted on 08/19/2008 3:12:52 PM PDT by Spok (Whatever you say about McCain, it must be admitted that he's no B. Hussein Obama.)
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To: lizol

Good for Poland. Jan III Sobieski would be proud.


10 posted on 08/19/2008 3:14:17 PM PDT by TheWasteLand
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Poland could have defeated the Soviets 69 years ago. But not with Germany coming from the other direction. At the end of the war, they were a devastated nation, with Soviet troops occupying a country in ruins.

This time, it is different. This time, they will get help from the west, and the Russians can't threaten with nukes, unless they want the same in return.

Pooty Poot is not that stupid.

11 posted on 08/19/2008 3:14:59 PM PDT by Defiant (The Obamessiah creed: There was a pedophile named Mohammed, and Obama is his messenger.)
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12 posted on 08/19/2008 3:17:21 PM PDT by GauchoUSA
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To: Spottys Spurs
God bless Poland! May the USA stand firmly in its support!!

Hear, hear!

Think I'll go buy a bottle of Polish vodka on my way home.
13 posted on 08/19/2008 3:18:07 PM PDT by According2RecentPollsAirIsGood
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To: All
Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs

February 29, 2008 :: News
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A video has surfaced of Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama talking on his plans for strategic issues such as nuclear weapons and missile defense.

key excerpts...

I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.

I will not weaponize space.

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http://missilethreat.com/archives/id.7086/detail.asp

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Another, much more widely viewed and passed along video is this poor quality copy:
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14 posted on 08/19/2008 3:20:02 PM PDT by ETL (Lots of REAL smoking-gun evidence on the ObamaRats at my Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl)
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To: Defiant

In fact Russia has never beaten Poland alone - fighting face to face.

The only way they managed to do it was in co-operation with the Germans - in 18th century and later in 1939.

When the last time they tried to do deal with Poland without German help (in 1920) - they got their bu**s kicked really badly.


15 posted on 08/19/2008 3:22:40 PM PDT by lizol
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To: lizol

You know I am thinking this man is the most awesome Christian, because I sense he does this to take the heat off of Georgia when things there are really going badly.


16 posted on 08/19/2008 3:25:04 PM PDT by MarMema (The people of Georgia have cast their lot with the free world, and we will not cast them aside)
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To: lizol

Poland’s courage stems from the warrior stance of Condolezza Rice and her army of NATOs.


17 posted on 08/19/2008 3:25:40 PM PDT by Rudder
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He forgot this

"I will learn to speak Russian and eat beets and cabbage"

18 posted on 08/19/2008 3:25:55 PM PDT by MarMema (The people of Georgia have cast their lot with the free world, and we will not cast them aside)
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To: lizol
God bless Poland! (and what's Polish for that, without me going to a translating site)

By the way, I remember her from my lurking days, but does anyone know whatever became of anonymoussierra? (She looks to have been cancelled)
19 posted on 08/19/2008 3:26:41 PM PDT by Category Four (Joy, Fun, the Joke Proper, and Flippancy ... Flippancy is the best of all.)
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To: Category Four

God bless Poland - Boze blogoslaw Polske!


20 posted on 08/19/2008 3:29:48 PM PDT by lizol
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