New Polish prime minister to loosen ties with US

[kskiska]

Source: The Guardian

Poland's newly elected prime minister moved yesterday to distance his country from America, raising questions about plans to site a US missile defence system on Polish soil and announcing the withdrawal of Polish troops from Iraq next year.

"In a year's time I will tell you here in this chamber that our military mission in Iraq is over," Donald Tusk said in his inaugural speech to the Sejm or Polish parliament. "We have taken the decision - as far as the government powers go - to make 2008 the year when the pullout of Poland's military mission is started and completed." The pullout had formed part of his election campaign and has the support of the majority of Poles.

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The decision has yet to be given the final seal of approval by President Lech Kaczynski, who is commander in chief of the military, but it is believed to be unlikely that he will overrule the government's decision. Mr Tusk has made it clear that Poland will keep training Iraqi troops even after it withdraws from the country. It will also keep its 1,000-strong troop presence in Afghanistan.

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[Joanne98]

1. There's a whole chapter on Poland in THE SHOCK DOCTRINE!!

It's very sad......

[bluestateguy]

2. Now we really can forget Poland

nt

[nightrider767]

3. Poland is wising up

Good for them.

[emilyg]

4. the evil twins are gone.

[nightrider767]

5. Poland's trying to gain some credibility

It's just that they pick the wrong coat-tail to latch onto.

[SpikeTss]

6. The Polish people have a lot to be proud of

In the second world war they (that means the Polish citizens) managed to win over the Nazis in Warsaw.
And only because Stalin was as vicious as he was (sabotaging every effort to help the resistance because
he feared that they would fight against him) they lost in the end.
In the cold war it were the Polish people who fought effectively against totalitarianism and who won in the end.

I never understood, why Poland took part in the war of aggression against the Iraqi people and I'm glad to see,
that Donald Tusk is correcting that mistake and is leading Poland back on a virtuous path!