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Poland tried to pursue its age old policy of "Equal Distance", trying to balance between Germany and Russia, and deterring them through diplomatic rigidity.
Proper order. Balancing and going the middle way is the most commonsensical thing to do. What were we supposed to do? Ally ourselves to brown madmen or to red maniacs?
In reality it left Poland friendless and exposed.
We don't need friends. You are all lunatics.
a two-front war that no mid-sized power could survive
Sometimes it's better to lose when other alternatives are below our dignity.
The correct choice was not to ally with Germany, but to come to the Kremlin on your knees, and beg forgiveness from Stalin.
By then we knew exactly who Germans were. Poland would never be allies with such abomination.
As to coming to anybody on our knees and begging... I thought you knew us better than that. :)
Guys, that's not what this thread is about.
Hey! Let gjene learn something about the country he wants to be the citizen of!
