“Buffer for what? To keep the Russian mechanized troops out of Europe? Russia already has Europe by the short hairs thanks to its oil and gas pipelines and the Euroweenies destroying their own energy production. They don’t need tanks any more.”
Much in the same way that Germany and Russia historically looked upon Poland.
Poland has always been in a crappy situation. If it isn’t the Russians or the Germans, it’s the Swedes.
The Poles are the only Europeans worth a damn. Maybe the Hungarians, too.