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Poland announced this past week that it plans to double the size of its army to 300,000 – which would make it the largest in the European Union – as it’s increasingly worried about destabilizing threats from Belarus, and also amid fresh Western media speculation of a Russian troop build-up near Ukraine.
On Tuesday deputy prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski cited Poland’s sensitive geopolitical location as a buffer between central Europe and Russia, noting “Russia’s imperial ambitions” and the “hybrid warfare” waged by Lukashenko’s Belarus in the form of sending Muslim migrants en masse across Poland’s border.
Kaczynsk said the proposed defense bill aims to “radically” strengthen the nation’s armed forces. “If we want to avoid the worst, that is war, we have to act according to the old rule: ‘If you want peace, prepare for war,” he told a news conference. He described the urgent need of Poland to maintain the “ability to effectively defend itself for a long time on its own” – given it’s on NATO and Europe’s eastern flank…
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The rest of Europe will figure they can cut back since they will have the Polish Army and America to protect them.
I love Poland and they are right to add more protection from the commies. Long live a free Poland.
The western part of present day Poland is no more than a giant German cemetary, soaked with the blood of the murdered and tortured German victims of the polish civilian population. Whatever happens to this despicable vassal of the anglo-american world will be well deserved. Russia can wipe them out within minuted should push come to shove, which is always the case due to Poland´s unmitigated chauvinism and ¨wanna-be-great¨ national character.
Good for Poland. Poland has been beset by too many enemies through history. They have every right to stand up for themselves and their sovereignty. Never again!
Heil Whomever, Gerard.