I’m neither Polish or Jewish; believe me your “facts” mean nothing to me. As an Irishman I tell my children that Poles are our cousins to the east (same faith & humility, similar history dealing with more powerful neighbors); I will continue to do so with pride. I also tell them that the Germans in WWI gave us the rifles to rebel against the “United” Kingdom; to this day friendship exists between the two peoples.
>>I also tell them that the Germans in WWI gave us the rifles to rebel against the “United” Kingdom; to this day friendship exists between the two peoples.<<
I’m glad you feel kinship and friendship with the Poles. As for me, I appreciate the support they have given the U.S. since 9/11. Have a good weekend.
That’s nothing to be proud of. The “rebels” thereof were fomenting the world’s first
communistic revolution; if they had helped end WWI sooner, then they would have gotten home rule via democratic means.
And these days,
the Irish government’s budget gets scrutinized by the Bundestag. And the Irish people are subject to a federal government in Brussels in which they have no legislative power—in Westminster, they did indeed have legislative power and directly affected the course of the very empire they claimed to hate.
Take note of what is going on here. There is nothing altruistic about Wałęsa’s move to throw Poland’s sovereignty further down the commode than it has already been cast by joining the EU. This is the beginnings of the so-called “two-speed Europe”, which will be even less free than the EU itself is.