Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said 10,000 soldiers would ultimately be deployed to the border area. He made the announcement in a state radio interview a day after a different official said Poland was sending 2,000 additional troops to the border over the next two weeks, essentially doubling its military presence there.
We know that we’re protected by the 5th article of NATO. The thing is, the ruling Law and Justice party wants to escalate the sense of insecurity in order to boost its popularity before the upcoming elections on 15 October.
This is obviously terrible but probably necessary when we look at how the whole thing is developing. Once you look aggressive enough you might be lucky so bullies leave you alone.
What do you think? Wouldn’t be the first time. But at least this time the Germans seem to be holding back.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
I hate this saying. It’s not explicit, and logical consequence isn’t bidirectional, but it implies that those who do remember the past somehow won’t repeat it. Which is blatantly false. Many people, even those who intimately know history, want to repeat it. Either because they think material conditions are just different enough to lead to a different result this time, or that the precise way the actions in the past was carried out was subpar and with tiny tweaks it would lead to a different result, etc. I do generally agree with the explicit statement[1], but I strongly disagree with the implicit statement.
And even on the explicit statement I still have reservations. Sometimes material conditions are different enough, or the precise manner in which actions are carried out are different enough that those who know nothing about the past aren’t condemned to repeat it: what those who know nothing about the past do is only superficially similar to the past, and can have radically different outcomes. ↩︎
For Russia, or in this case their puppet, to invade a NATO country? Yes, it actually would be the first time.
More of the same very slow escalation
Who hurt you Poland!
Ooh… Yeah but that whole thing was ages ago.
One term of Biden and Europe is all set to get started with WW3 😂
