Posted on 07/17/2018 1:38:37 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki:
"I look at the latest developments, including Helsinki, where it might have been that one president of our neighboring country (Putin) was pressuring the U.S. president for concessions. But I have not seen any concessions, neither as regards the annexation of Crimea nor the war in Ukraine," Morawiecki said.
"None of the voices that were appearing beforehand as hypothetically possible - concessions by the United States - have materialized. So I don't see where he (Trump) has made any significant concessions.
Poland is the biggest former communist country in both the European Union and NATO, and has called for the alliance to boost its defenses, especially after Russia seized Ukraine's Crimea peninsula in 2014.
"NATO's eastern flank needs to be strengthened because Russia's aggressive policy has not, unfortunately, ended," Morawiecki said. "This aggression hasn't diminished in any way. President Trump must have come to the same conclusions."
Poland has repeatedly requested a permanent U.S. military presence on its soil and has offered up to $2 billion in funding for such a base. U.S. soldiers are now present on its soil through NATO's back-to-back rotation.
Last March, Poland signed its largest arms deal ever, agreeing with the United States to buy Raytheon Co's Patriot missile defense system for $4.75 billion. Its plan to boost air defenses is aimed at deterring Russia, which has long opposed the formerly-communist countries' integration with NATO.
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I visited the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, I highly recommend it to anyone going there. It’s not a holocaust museum, it celebrates Jewish life in Poland for centuries.
One of the most unfortunate things about the Soviet occupation of Poland is that this aspect of Polish history simply wasn’t discussed for the 40+ years after the war, and there was plenty of anti-Semitism in the ranks of the Polish Communists, expelling many Jews in 1968 under the guise of “Anti-Zionism” after the 1967 war.
And your point is? That is a worthless table for a number of reasons starting with what period it allegedly covers.
There is a reason that that example is important because it shows how anti-semitism can become tragic. It also was a very rare event.
But even that was not throwing the Jews in camps killing them. Nor were we the only country excluding them, even Cuba said “no.”
Of course this is kind of a manipulation. As much as your reliable, apparently “God given” sources.
Not “God-given at all - except where there are errors. I really don’t know what you are saying “there wasn’t anti-semitism in Poland”. Maybe you don’t believe there was a holocaust either.
The brunette on the right appears to be at least part Oriental.
Do you think that this supposed polish antisemitism is somehow connected with holocaust? Perhaps you are one of those comedians whom demand Poland pay war reparations?
Perhaps you are an idiot
Hear it from someone who called himself arrogantsob, this is a compliment...
You are welcome.
And it is now clear that Poland is the greatest nation in the history of the world with no warts or blemishes.
You are welcome.
And it is now clear that Poland is the greatest nation in the history of the world with no warts or blemishes.
Nope. We are on the second place and far behind the Jews and this is probably the reason why we are so ‘antisemitic’. Pure envy!
No one has claimed Poland TODAY is anymore Anti-semetic than others.
Fine. Does your knowledge of Polish history allow you to say something about the level of anti-Polish sentiment among the Jews at that time? It arose or decreased today? Perhaps it is shocking perspective for you, however if you want to stay objective...
Poland was once called “Paradise for Jews” so many had moved there from areas which persecuted them. There was no reason for them to be anti-Polish, they were sometimes their only friends.
Jewish history in Poland was up and down. There were periods within which the ruler protected them. There were other periods which were not so benevolent.
Then there is the problem of defining the Polish territories which fluctuated a great deal over the centuries. This also means defining just who the Poles are because the populations related to the ambiguous nature of the borders.
Poland was the least anti-Semitic country in Europe until the Russians took it over.
Don’t confuse the statements of individuals with the ideas of a whole people.
Hopefully, and seems to be happening, Poland is not going to become a multicultural nation.
There would be no Israel if the goal was multiculturalism.
Poland is becoming a European leader, deservedly.
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