You are comparing trying to save nations now, to when they were under the control of the USSR?
No wonder Poland is begging for help.
All I was trying to say is that the present administration has insufficient courage to be willing to stand toe-to-toe with Putin, any more than it has been willing to do whatever it took to get rid of the Islamist enemy. Bullies arise when there is no force to stop them, and America is the laughingstock of the world. Putin can threaten whatever he wishes, and ISIS can threaten whatever it wishes, and both of them know that Obama will play golf and send all his important people to Ferguson, and let Putin and ISIS both get away with whatever they say or do.
If Poland plays their cards right, they're getting a lot of real estate in the upcoming deal.
If they back the wrong horse? Breslau, Stettin, Danzig, Allenstein, Elbing, Tilsit, even Memel - all up for grabs.