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Max Denken's avatar

You are unusually perceptive for someone non-Polish, non-neocon, and even non Polish-neocon (e.g. the Sikorski/Applebaum couple). Indeed, Poland is pursuing a self-made harakiri but the tragedy is not just Poland's but Europe's and indeed Western Civilizations. I can't summarize here the 400 pages and 1000 footnotes of my 2020 book, but the title itself will give you a clue: "The Camp of the Sane and The Camp of the Saints; Poland and the Erosion of Western Sanity, 2015-2020" [one of the reviews here: https://gatesofvienna.net/2021/03/the-camp-of-the-sane-and-the-camp-of-the-saints-a-book-review/]. To get an idea what, after Jean Raspail, I call The Camp of the Saints, turn on your samizdat video feed & watch news from France (or Sweden, Germany, Belgium, etc.). Poland was the largest and indispensable fulcrum of The Camp of the Sane -- the eastern 1/4 of Europe saved by the quarantine of the Iron Curtain from the virus that ate the brains of the West's ruling elites. It's in the Camp of the Sane where the basic tradition, ethos and common sense of our civilization still resides, and from which it could have led to a reversal of the otherwise foredoomed future of Europe. Alas, with only Hungary resisting the hate-Russia madness and the rest of the key Visegrad-4 group totally inured to it, with Poland the most, that phoenix function of Central Europe has been forfeited. What a painful loss.

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SMH's avatar

Not wanting to appear overly provocative or contrarian, but it seems that Poland’s delusions of military grandeur are in the same vein as the Neocons “shock and awe” Ukraine fantasy. Seems like the principle of the “6 Ps” has claimed another victim. Where a reasoned, realistic analysis of all available facts would seem to indicate that neither Poland nor the Neocons plans will ever come to fruition, both continue on their stated courses assuming that “thinking so” will “make it so”. Guess we could call this the “Jiminy Cricket” theory of reality.

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