I think that these countries need to stop looking for financial handouts that they ridiculously label as “signs of respect.”
We are engaged in a war to save western civilization from the fundamentalist Islamic wackos who are hell-bent on destroying everything it stands for. Australia, the UK, Poland, Italy, etc. need to recognize that and fight willingly and bravely by our side in this noble and inevitable battle.
If they’re just signing up for the handouts, we don’t really need them. We’ll save the world by ourselves. They can cower down beside France and watch.
That said, I don’t think this article accurately reflects the dominant viewpoint of the Polish people. It’s just standard pot-stirring from the liberal US media.
"We are engaged in a war to save western civilization from the fundamentalist Islamic wackos who are hell-bent on destroying everything it stands for. Australia, the UK, Poland, Italy, etc. need to recognize that and fight willingly and bravely by our side in this noble and inevitable battle."
"If they’re just signing up for the handouts, we don’t really need them."
I would agree with your remarks. But what's missing from our foreign policy is a simple connection between rewarding those who support us versus shunning those who abuse us. It seems to me that countries like Germany, France, Russia, China, et.al., even Mexco and Canuckistan, get all sorts of attention and special considerations when it comes to economic and defense matters, when all they do is take big sh*ts on the US at every opportunity. Why not support those countries that support us? It just makes sense.
You're judging a people you know nothing about.
If you reread the article, you can see that the issue is mainly about the visas. You might have an argument if Poland got the visa requirement removed and they were still complaining, but that's not the case. Poland hasn't even been given that.
Secondly, Iraq is hardly a war to save western civilzation. Gimme a break!
France and Germany have no visa requirement, but Poland does. This is the issue!
I wouldn't mind yanking the $2 billion we give in aid to Egypt every year and helping out Poland with it.