Posted on 03/25/2002 12:24:17 PM PST by kattracks
BUCHAREST, Romania, Mar 25, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Poland's president urged Europe to mute its criticism of Washington's war on terror, telling a summit of prospective NATO members Monday that American lives were the first ones lost in the fight against "the evil" threatening the world.
Aleksander Kwasniewski's comments reflected a main topic of concern at the opening of the two-day summit - the changing threat facing NATO and its allies more than a decade after the collapse of the Soviet bloc removed the menace of large-scale conventional ground war in Europe.
The meeting brought together leaders from the 10 candidate countries - Romania, Slovakia, Macedonia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Albania, Croatia, Bulgaria and Slovenia - as well as guests from NATO member states, like Kwasniewski, and Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.
The meeting is one of a series being held before a NATO summit in November in Prague, where the U.S.-led alliance will decide which countries to admit.
Armitage, delivering a message from President Bush, said that while the threats facing NATO have changed, its role should not be diminished in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks and solidarity among its members should be strong.
"As all civilized nations seek to address the threats of global terror, the bonds uniting NATO members are more important than ever," he said.
Kwasniewski, alluding to growing European opposition to any major expansion of Washington's war on terror beyond Afghanistan, urged U.S. allies to support the campaign against terrorism while also appealing to the United States to listen to European concerns.
"Let us not forget that it is the American soldiers that were the first to stand up to the evil" exhibited in the Sept. 11 attacks, he said. "They often paid the price of life - they continue to pay."
Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase said the region's countries were ready to join the alliance and were already contributing as full NATO members in the war against terror.
"We have opened our air spaces, airfields and port facilities to Allied forces," Nastase said. "And we're now taking part in the (peacekeeping) mission in Afghanistan."
Bulent Ecevit, the prime minister of NATO-member Turkey, said the alliance was in the process of adapting to post-Cold War realities by focusing on new security threats and collaborating with former foes such as Russia.
"Military threats of a conventional and nuclear nature have diminished," Ecevit said. "But threats such as terrorism, nationalism, organized crime, drug trafficking and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction" are moving across borders.
He added that these new threats will be better tackled by an enlarged alliance and urged NATO to expedite the admission of southeastern European countries. "This dimension of enlargement will contribute to the extension of security and stability to this most sensitive area," Ecevit said.
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Bulgaria, are regarded as candidates that stand a good chance of receiving invitations to join NATO at the November summit.
Albania, Macedonia and Croatia are considered less likely to be admitted because of lagging economic or political reforms or the legacy of Balkan warfare.
By GEORGE JAHN Associated Press Writer
Copyright 2002 Associated Press, All rights reserved
Not that it has anything to do with this thread, but I put Barny Miller in the "WKRP," category for hysterically funny yet regretfully forgotten sitcoms.
The other one-half was strong, stolid, dependable, and loving.
The one-half that could sit down in front of a pickle--a good pickle, with maybe a little herring and some black bread -- and was utterly happy.
NOT ONE DROP LEFT
Why did our boys sacrifice their limbs and lives "saving" these French bastards from the Germans? They were made for each other...partners in killing Jews in the 40's, partners in appeasing terrorists today. The Evil Axis at the heart of Europe. In her last major pronouncement, Madam Thatcher is warning the enlightened to oppose this Axis or perish in its soulless shadow.
Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?
Indeed. People were herded in a forest and slaughtered and burned. Many women and children. Then the killers stole the posessions of the people they murdered and moved into their houses. Poles. Not Germans.
60 Minutes did a segment on it Sunday night. I shall post it when it comes on their site. So callous you are about murder.
Not at all. My girlfriend's mom's first husband (they were married just 6 months) was taken by a Jewish NKVD agent and murdered in the Katyn Forest. Her second husband, a gym teacher, was turned over to the NKVD by a Jewish coworker who turned on him the day the Soviets entered their town. He thought they were friends. He paid for that with a stint in a Siberian gulag before being released to fight the Nazis. There were many collaborators when the Soviets invaded Poland. Some of them paid the price for being traitors. Most never did. They had cushy careers in the Secret Police all their lives. And the mother? She was arrested by the Nazis and only escaped when an allied bombing raid destroyed the prison.
Oh sure, honey. Especially those who you support. You are always on the right side.
And to think about it you do all this wonderful job for free, LOL!
Polands new premier is a repressive ex-communist.
Courtesy of the US neocommies, of course.
Another beautiful example of perfect un-American American policy.
Nice info about US second best friend Sir Tony, too.
Thanks dumbasses, LOL!
(Hint: The US dumbasses are nervous because comrade Miller, installed by them, the dumbasses, is too friendly with Kremlin, LOL! What a bunch of dumb troublemakers...)
A long piece about Jedwabne. The whole story. Very enlightening, and horrifying. They have dug up the site. Found baby teeth. In addition records prove that some townspeople moved into the homes of the murdered Jews. This story is getting out there, but many Poles have accepted responsibility. Wisely so. Confession is good for the soul. And it looks like Will's article was totally accurate. And the old sort-of excuse that Jewish Communism is somehow to blame is pretty pathetic. Why kill babies, comrade, they cannot be Communists.
Comrade, tovarish Miller and Co. will do anything to squeeze couple of bucks out of DC (aka US taxpayers). He even loves Mossad, LOL!
I know you're a very busy person (keep up good work!) but in case you have time:
The massacre that the CBS is not going to tell you about
George "Howdy Doody" Will won't either.
If you have any info about Lvov, Podole, Wolyn and other nazi or commie attrocities you can contact this office which is working on all cases, including Jedwabne.
Appears to be someone who goes from bulletin board to bulletin borad trying to deflect from the Jedwabne story by various means.
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