Posted on 01/31/2023 2:14:55 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Germany and the United States have recently made headlines by deciding to send tanks to Ukraine. However, the unsung hero behind this landmark decision was actually Poland. Polish leaders were instrumental in efforts to persuade Berlin in particular of the need to provide Ukraine with modern tanks. This was the latest example of Polish leadership over the past year as Europe has found itself confronted by the continent’s largest armed conflict since World War II.
Poland’s leading role in the European response to Putin’s invasion reflects the country’s extensive experience of Russian imperialism in both its Czarist and Soviet forms. Ever since Poland joined the European Union in 2004, politicians in Warsaw have been warning Europe of the growing threat posed by a resurgent and revisionist Russia.
The Poles have been particularly alarmed by indications of deepening ties between Berlin and Moscow, and were vocal opponents of German partnership in Russia’s Nord Stream II gas pipeline. Polish politicians saw this strategic energy infrastructure project as a modern-day successor to the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which sparked the outbreak of World War II and the invasion of Poland by the Nazi and Soviet regimes. They warned that the pipeline allowed Putin to bypass Ukraine’s gas transit system and would expose the country to a full-scale invasion, while leaving the whole of Europe vulnerable to Russian energy blackmail. Germany chose to ignore these warnings until the eve of Russia’s February 2022 attack.
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Good poles. Now the planes aren’t going though. It’s possible that someone is starting to employ some common sense. Better late than never.
Atlantic Council.
Otherwise known as The Neocon Day Spa
God bless Poland
We have no real interests in Poland either.
“...The Poles have been particularly alarmed by indications of deepening ties between Berlin and Moscow,...”
Sides are forming up for the big one.
Let Poland and the rest of NATO Europe minus Turkey go all in and keep us out of it.
So after fighting to the last Ukrainian we move on to fighting to the last Pole? I wonder how the Polish people will feel about that after seeing Ukraine totally destroyed.
Watch your back Poland.
Keep our troops and tax dollars out of it.
But I'll cut Poland some slack for jumping in when Russia invades a nearby country. Especially given that there a few Poles alive who remember Russia invading Poland.
Not yet, just like the tanks.
You do know that when the US said "no" to transferring MiG29s to Ukraine, the Poles asked about parts and the US said, "yes."
So the Poles took the wings off some fuselages and shipped the disassembled planes to Ukraine for reassembly.
Haha!
Won’t matter. Moving target practise for Russia. West needs to stop provoking. It ends poorly for all.
We have major problems at home.
Poland is even more against Globohomo than Russia is.
Most of you seem to have a delusional understanding of Russia's conventional military capabilities.
Ukraine isn’t flying much. But as I said, I give zero damns. US and Canada are screwed and we need to focus at home.
Pole is synonymous with a blunt force instrument.
There is a good argument there, not against helping Ukraine but tying aid to Ukraine to beefed up border security here. The RINOs in the House could also just change the law to say any alien entering the US from Mexico or Canada are not entitled to apply for asylum, because that's the ruse Mayorkas is using to catch and release tens of thousands of illegal aliens in the US.
Punching above their weight. I've seen this movie before.
Sooner or later, the vital border between Germany and Russia will run through Poland - again.
Some people never learn.
What price Königsberg?
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