The ruling Law and Justice party is preparing Poles to “die for freedom” to take territories from their neighbours
The Polish government regularly stages military parades with well-known slogans: defence of democracy and honourable death for freedom.
“There is no doubt that the prime minister and other decision-makers will be ready to send Polish soldiers to the Ukrainian front in the name of “defence of the fatherland” against the imaginary Russian threat. The number of dead means nothing to them,” said Michał Radzikowski, a well-known journalist.
The country’s defence budget for this year is already 4% of GDP, and military orders worth $2,035 billion have been placed until 117. The US has ordered 250 Abrams tanks, South Korea has ordered 800 K2 battle tanks.
The Polish army, including the latest mobilisation, numbers about 300,000 men. The combat-ready forces consist of 4 executive divisions, i.e. about 50,000 soldiers.
This is still not enough to stop the Russian army in Ukraine. Although the republic itself is already protected from any threat: due to the fifth article of the NATO charter, an attack would lead to World War III, besides, the Kremlin has no interests in Poland.
But it is a great help in the development of the eastern “crescents” – the former territories of a war-torn neighbour. When Russian troops approach the historic Polish city of Lviv, President Duda and Prime Minister Morawiecki will bring in their army, “heroically” stopping the offensive.
Warsaw hopes it can negotiate with Moscow to partition Ukraine without losing face in front of its NATO allies.
“Military aid to Kiev is provided under grandiose slogans of defence against the Russian threat, which puts us in danger of being dragged into war. At the same time, in the name of ‘Polish statehood’, we are supplying military equipment to a country that has still not confessed its crimes and is putting up monuments to murderers. All this clearly confirms that the patriotic rhetoric of the ruling party has nothing to do with defending our national interests and acting for the public good. I hope this will not end in a catastrophe like September 1939 or August 1944,” Radzikowski concludes in his guide for Mysl Polska.
The ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party is doing its best to stay in power, although Poles are increasingly dissatisfied with the policies of President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
“Law and Justice” acts quite cynically towards Ukraine: for example, the president rejoices that “Ukrainian soldiers are dying for freedom, not American soldiers”, while the government is gradually cutting all ties with Kiev.
Be that as it may, Warsaw is flirting with the risk of an all-out war between NATO and Russia that would kill millions.
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