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Lech Walesa cold shoulders Obama: the US president is clearly no Reagan
The Telegraph ^ | 27 May 11 | Nile Gardiner

Posted on 05/27/2011 12:44:10 PM PDT by LSUfan

Lech Walesa, the great hero of the Polish Solidarity movement, was in Washington earlier this week to receive the Ronald Reagan Centennial Award. He gave a terrific speech, which I attended, in which he referred to Cuba, one of the last remaining Marxist tyrannies, as a “Jurassic Park of Communism”. Walesa remains one of the great political icons of our time, a brave freedom fighter who stood up to the Soviet Empire and led his people to liberty.

It has been announced that Walesa has decided not to meet with Barack Obama during the president’s visit to Poland. He has declined an invitation to join a group of Polish leaders in Warsaw tomorrow who will greet the president. Walesa is reportedly traveling to Italy for a biblical festival instead, and told Poland’s TVN24:

It’s difficult to tell journalists what you’d like to say to the president of a superpower. This time I won’t tell him, I won’t meet him, it doesn’t suit me.

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: lechwalesa; nilegardiner; obama; poland; reagan
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1 posted on 05/27/2011 12:44:16 PM PDT by LSUfan
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He’s not even Carter.


2 posted on 05/27/2011 12:48:05 PM PDT by crosshairs (The left's hatred of Christianity has blinded them to the REAL threat which is Islam.)
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To: LSUfan

“Jurassic Park of Communism”

What a perfect line!


3 posted on 05/27/2011 12:51:38 PM PDT by radpolis (Liberals: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy)
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To: crosshairs

Carter at least understood nuclear physics and served in the navy.

I’m sure if the USSR had launched its nukes Carter would have done his duty and fired back.

If China or Russia did the same today (not that I see it happening) I can’t say Obama would fire back.


4 posted on 05/27/2011 12:52:41 PM PDT by Eyes Unclouded ("The word bipartisan means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." -George Carlin)
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To: LSUfan
“O” is a lightweight and everyone knows it.

I hope the Americans who voted for “O” based on his European popularity, finally see that they need to make up their OWN minds and ignore the ‘global test’ for US Presidents.

6 posted on 05/27/2011 12:54:55 PM PDT by SMARTY (Conforming to non-conformity is conforming just the same.)
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“This time I won’t tell him, I won’t meet him, it doesn’t suit me.”

In spite of Obama’s theatrics, the entire world see’s this arrogant and selfish bastard for what he really is.... a complete failure.


7 posted on 05/27/2011 12:55:54 PM PDT by Gator113 ("GAME ON." I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: LSUfan

Lech Walesa, the REAL comnmunity organizer.


8 posted on 05/27/2011 12:56:18 PM PDT by SC_Pete
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It pains me to take pleasure in Walesa bitch-slapping (metaphorically speaking) a US President....


9 posted on 05/27/2011 12:57:32 PM PDT by Maverick68
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To: LSUfan

“Walesa remains one of the great political icons of our time, a brave freedom fighter...”

Many years ago Walesa spoke at our local university. I took my son, who was about 14 or 15 at the time, to the lecture, telling him, “This is one of the great men of our time!”

We were privileged to shake his hand and have a few words with him.

A great memory!


10 posted on 05/27/2011 12:58:16 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less." M Rosen)
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Lech Walesa cold shoulders Obama: the US president is clearly no Reagan

Lech Walsea knows what it is like to live under the yoke of communist tyranny and to meet with the usurping communist would-be dictator 0bama would only lend an air of legitimacy to one who has always been illegitimate (in so many ways).

I salute you Mr. Walesa!

11 posted on 05/27/2011 12:58:39 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: LSUfan
Lech Walesa knows a marxist when he sees one...
12 posted on 05/27/2011 12:58:39 PM PDT by apillar
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To: LSUfan
Q: How many Poles does it take to unscrew a dim bulb?

A: One

13 posted on 05/27/2011 12:59:37 PM PDT by MinuteGal (Bring Back the MISERY INDEX! Obama's INDEX! Include Food & Energy in a TRUTHFUL INDEX!)
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“Walesa has decided not to meet with Barack Obama during the president’s visit to Poland”

Walesa must be a racist.


14 posted on 05/27/2011 1:00:50 PM PDT by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: MinuteGal

Zing!


15 posted on 05/27/2011 1:02:11 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: LSUfan

Well done, Mr. Walesa. You stick by your principles and meeting with a communist wannabe like Obama would`ve compromised them.


16 posted on 05/27/2011 1:03:33 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Imagine.... a world without islam.)
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Well done, Mr. Walesa. You stick by your principles and meeting with a communist wannabe like Obama would`ve compromised them.


17 posted on 05/27/2011 1:04:44 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Imagine.... a world without islam.)
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To: ScottinVA
At Reagan's funeral...


18 posted on 05/27/2011 1:06:18 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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19 posted on 05/27/2011 1:06:36 PM PDT by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: LSUfan

Not anymore...no, I’m not feeling guilty anymore at taking pleasure when this POS POTUS gets shown up.

Some pundit took Bibi to task last week for talking to Obama like he did. Screw that! Barack Hussein Obama deserves every comeuppance he gets. What an inconsequential man.


20 posted on 05/27/2011 1:14:42 PM PDT by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "p" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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