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THE ARMY OF POLAND - THE REALITY [493]
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You may be missing the point. European Armies are now being shaped not to *handle* outside forces but simply to *handle* the citizens of Europe...........
Britains standing Army in a year or two will actually be smaller than the entire contingent we sent to Iraq in 03.....
I think you've misinterpreted the point you were trying to make isthatu2, *handle* citizens? keep them in check, put down revolts!?? Or do did you mean to protect it's European citizens? What I meant was that there's no telling what might happen in a 'united' Europe, every country is looking out for it's own interests. Besides Poland isn't only bordered by EU states. Off the record politics sometimes play a deeper role then a alliance on paper. The Lithuanian president said that Poland's foreign policy has changed and it chose to ally itself with Russia! That Poland and Russia are bypassing Lithuania. Closer economic ties, I believe that the Russian citizens of the Kaliningrad exclave will be allowed (or already are) to travel to Poland without visas. Going back to Poland's Armed Forces, President Komorowski has stated Poland's own plans for the military. This is what he said ' Poland needs its own missile defense shield while the agreement with the United States on the deployment of an anti-ballistic-missile defense system on its territory was "a mistake," ""We must have this element of the Polish defense [missile defense system]. Spending large sums on military hardware is actually meaningless if it is not secured from... the missile attack and air raids," Such a missile and anti aircraft defense system would cost roughly 15 billion dollars.
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Shield in Poland is not a new idea . Americans for several years want such installations have just with us , but not necessarily so , to protect our country . A Bronislaw Komorowski is clear : shield - yes, but to protect Polish . And that's consistent with NATO system , which will be built in the future.
The idea of President praises military expert Wojciech Luczak . In his opinion, the proposal would balance Bronislaw Komorowski ideas for American anti-missile shield. 
