Posted on 04/10/2010 4:18:02 AM PDT by Matt_Rel
[translation from a Polish website]
Supreme Polish leaders, including the President of the Republic of Poland, Mr Lech Kaczynski and his legendary predecessor, the President of Poland In Exile, Mr. Ryszard Kaczorowski, as well as almost entire Staff of the Polish Armed Forces die in the crash near Smolensk, Russia.
According to official information (confirmed), supreme commanders of the Polish Armed Forces died in the crash, adding to thousands of the military commanders that had been killed there in 1940.
Upon the Constitution of Poland, in case of President's sudden death, the Speaker of the Parliament, automatically becomes the President of Poland. Therefore, Mr. Bronislav Komorowski has officially taken duties of the President of the Republic.
The fallen officers of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces:
1. Gen. Gagor /read: gon'gor/ , The Supreme Commander of the Polish Armed Forces
R.I.P. April 10,2010
2. Gen. Bronislaw KWIATKOWSKI - The Operational Commander of the Polish Armed Forces
R.I.P. April 10,2010
3. Gen. Andrzej BLASIK /buasheek/- The Commander of the Polish Air Force
R.I.P. April 10,2010
4. Gen. Tadeusz BUK - The Commander of the Polish Ground Forces
[here in a field uniform in Afghanistan]
R.I.P. April 10,2010
5. Gen. dyw. Włodzimierz POTASIŃSKI The Commander of the Polish Special Forces (e.g. supreme commander of GROM)
R.I.P. April 10,2010
6. Admiral Andrzej KARWETA - The Commander of the Polish Navy
R.I.P. April 10,2010
7. Gen. Kazimierz GILARSKI - The Commander of the Capital of Warsaw Army
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General Staff pay their tribute to late Pope John Paul II
MAY THE ETERNAL LIGHT OF CHRIST BE NOW WITH YOU ALL
Doubtful. Reports are the pilot refused to divert and made four attempts to land at an airport with poor weather and poor ATC.
Somewhere you just know that Vladimir Putin is smacking his lips at the thought of putting Poland back under Communist rule...
Surely a coo is in the making.
You hit the nail on the head!!!
There is no such thing as an accident in Russia.
Polish generals murdered in Katyn, 1940
gen. Mieczyslaw Smorawinski
R.I.P. April 10, 1940
gen. Bronislaw Bohatyrewicz
R.I.P. April 10, 1940
Now, seven more graves will sure be added :-(((
I have trouble with this report because of the passengers on that plane. It does not make sense. Why would a pilot risk the lives of almost all high-level cabinet members, top military commanders members as well as the President so carelessly?
Was something going on in the plane? Why the odd statement that all cell phones were not working? How many times do we read that in the early reporting?
Maybe there is a logical explanation for each one of my doubts. I can't think that one lesson learned by our enemies on 9/11 is take the cell phones first.
Damn, Poland is such a great country. We’ll see what kind of leadership follows, that could be an indicator of whether this was an accident or sabotage. My suspicion is high.
Russian reports?
Exactly!
Russia and Pooty are to blame until I’m shown otherwise. If Pooty did this as a warning to all other dissident states on its border.....
Wasn’t it foolish of the Poles to put so many important people on a single plane? Would the US ever do something like that?
Oh, yes. Lech Kaczynski was much like Ronald Reagan. Very conservative and rightous - an always faithful true blue catholic, always anti-abortion and anti-euthanasia, no gay marriages and adoptions of children for gays, no immigration from hostile cultures, Poland as a faithful ally of the USA, etc. Therefore he was much hated by liberal leftists; especially criticised and rejected by so called “elites of the EU” - common marxists, as common as they come.
LOVED BY ME FOREVER, FROM NOW TO ETERNITY!
Poland is the American people’s ally.
Which is amazing considering the way we abandoned them to the USSR.
You’re crazy.
Yeah, many times he showed his middle finger to EUrocrats. Non-conformist, patriot, catholic
Man, look at the calendar! Today, Apr.10, is the 60th anniversary of the biggest massacre in Polish history - the Katyn Massacre.
They all flew to take part in a big commemoration of the victims of 1940.
Now they are fallen ones, the fallen ones to be commemorated as well.
This is good, glad to hear it. I hope they can transition power without too many problems.
I weep as I read this sad news. Praying for Poland and the surviving leaders and countrymen who will need to courageously pick up and move on to rebuild the country.
I don't want to get out my tin-foil head, but ...
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