UK, Ireland / Are there too many East Europeans, Poles in West Europe now? [47]

Poles are regarded as very hardworking wherever they go - that is something to be proud of. At first, there were many Americans that would call us 'dumb polaks' but now they see we're busting our butts, contributing to the economy, and now we're the ones with the newly remodeled homes and German cars in the driveway and sending their kids to college. That is something to be very proud of since it means we came from a disadvantaged background but managed to overcome. Most of the immigrants do not speak good English, do not have an education, and do not know the country to which they emigrate - whether it's the US or UK or whatever. However, through hard work and perseverance, we manage to overcome and become successful. We provide for our children and try to give them an education so that they don't have to work physically to achieve a decent life.

UK, Ireland / Are there too many East Europeans, Poles in West Europe now? [47]

Yeah... we're kind of like the Mexicans of Europe lol - cheap labor, great at construction... Not a problem with me though - at least we're hard working and many Poles have come from nothing in Poland but made a fortunate in the West... like me - I went from living in a roach infested apartment in the ghetto to a million dollar home.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


Definitely not. Poland has little political power in the EU council. We would have lots of political power, but unfortunately Tusk is Merkel's laptop

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


There have been so many fabricated stories about the Holocaust - including Ernest Wiel who has been proven a fraud. Yet the reports of people who contradict any 'historical fact' of the holocaust are totally silenced.


This Jan T. Gross guy is another Polish traitor who has sold himself out to foreign interests. I can't believe he calls himself a Pole and yet says things like "Poles killed more Jews than Germans". I believe a prosecutor is trying him for libel or something. Yeah, I'm the truth is more Poles killed Jews than Germans... please... Next Isreal is going to try to sue Poland for what they did to the Jews during WW2.... oh wait, that happened already!

I don't understand why there's all these Poles demonstrating recently. I understand the abortion thing - PiS went a bit too far with that. However, I don't really see what PiS is doing as undemocratic - here in the US putting your own people in power is expected - that's just par for the course in our so called 'democracy' I don't know maybe I'm missing something...

News / What kind of Poland do most Poles want? [101]


The thing that upsets me most is the double standard - it's PC to accept all religions, their customs, their beliefs, etc. However, when a Catholic calls homosexuality a sin, which of course is a very common belief amongst Catholics, suddenly the PC crowd calls them homophones and bigots. What ever happened to accepting all religions, customs, and beliefs? I think it's simply that they pick and chose what conforms and criticize the rest.

The problem is that Polish politicians and the younger generations have been falling into the PC trap, especially as they imitate Western culture and society. It really is unfortunate. I'd love to see a Poland that isn't influenced by things like the drag queen female with a beard singer in Austria, thinking that protesting inside of church screaming about how Putin ships gays to Siberia like Pussy Riot has done, and the worst - the whole transsexualism that has been all too dominant in the PC landscape lately.

I don't know about you, but if I had a daughter I certainly wouldn't want her going to the bathroom and seeing some dude with his schlong whipped out because he 'identifies' as a woman. It's utter lunacy and I hope Poland doesn't fall into the trap. Of course there's going to always be the 'save the whales, refugees welcome' types in Poland - but by en large the population is conservative. Nonetheless though, PC is growing amongst the young and even some politicians thanks to western influence.

News / Foreign investors fear Poland's instability [26]


I honestly don't know as I was in Poland just a few months ago but didn't really pay attention to that. However, I do know that Polish products are used all over. For one, I know Poland provides the EU and use to provide Russia with lots of agricultural products. I do know that they also produce various components - for one the intercooler on the SAAB I use to have said made in Poland. I do know that Malaysia and a few other countries also purchase Polish military equipment.

I do also know that the balance of trade, meaning exports and imports is almost 1:1 with just slightly more imports than exports - or at least it was when I looked it up a year or two ago when doing some research on Poland's economy and seeing what kind of salary I could expect if I expatriated to Poland.. unfortunately rather low untill I finish my MBA anyway...

News / What kind of Poland do most Poles want? [101]


These same people are calling for sanctions against Poland - I guess they don't realize that sanctiosn DON'T hurt the government but the common people... someone who has no respect for the country would call for sanctions against the country they live in...

UK, Ireland / Are there too many East Europeans, Poles in West Europe now? [47]


Are there a lot of migrants that have settled in Serbia?

Stick to the topic please


Sorry. I know the Polish diaspora is HUGE - even during Communist times Poles would go to various countries to work - especially Germany in the summer but also places like S. Africa, Libya, sometimes Russia or Kazakhstan, and other communist countries - even those in Africa and Asia. It looks like most of the Poles have gone to the UK but I believe there is quite a bit in France - I wonder if there is a large Polish community in places like Sweden, Denmark, Holland, and Switzerland.

A few years ago I found out there was a huge population of Poles living in South America - especially Brazil (over 1 million in Brazil) and Argentina.

News / What kind of Poland do most Poles want? [101]


No, we're Catholics - and if liberals are suppose to accept and tolerate everyone's religious views and customs, them my homophobia must be tolerated as well as it is a part of Roman Catholic doctrine.


What about the Muslims? You lefties keep demonstrating with 'Refugees welcome' signs. You cricize the 'Islamaphobes' and state that we should accept them. Well, Muslims view that homosexuality also is a sin. So isn't that hypocritical? Telling people to accept the Muslims and their religious beliefs and customs - but criticizing homophobia - which is part of Islamic doctrine? Actually, the lefties simply pick and chose what they are for and against. If they were tolerance and accepting of EVERYONE, then they would also be tolerant and accepting of traditional Catholic and Islamic doctrine - of which homophobia is a part of. You tell us to like and accept the Jews, yet the Talmud is an extremely racist and supremacist book which teaches hatred of the goys and calls them cattle. So do you only decide that society should accept a person's religion, but not parts that you don't like or disagree with?


So true... The worst thing is that we're not allowed to protect our race. Even if you make a non-supremacist, non-racist, White-pride group you are automatically labeled as a racist - even if say the purpose is to discuss white music, white history, white culture, etc. The Blacks, Mexicans, and Asians have their racial groups - but we're not allowed to at the fear of being labeled racist, investigated by the FBI, and criticized by the ACLU and Southern Poverty Law Center. Utter B.S. and total hypocrisy.

Most Poles want to keep Poland a strong Catholic country. Proof of that is the huge turnout in Gniezno which celebrated over 1,000 years of Catholicism in Poland. If you knew anything about Poland, you'd know that Catholicism essentially ended Communism in our country.

News / Foreign investors fear Poland's instability [26]


Of course Poland can - we have the 23rd largest economy by nominal GDP (21st by PPP) and again, FDI represents a fraction of the overall economy.

News / Foreign investors fear Poland's instability [26]


Poland has been doing that for decades - Poles went to all corners of the globe - South Africa, Libya, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Austria, UK, US, Canada... the Polish diaspora is enormous. Although yes, the EU entrance certainly caused a lot of Poles to the UK. The cwaniaki would go to the UK, get citizenship, get disability, and go back to Poland. I know one girl who did that and actually got disability because she claimed she couldn't work due to carsickness - meaning she couldn't commute to work... and the UK government granted her disability! The same girl would tell her son to eat boogers in front of social workers and such so that they got more money for care.

News / Foreign investors fear Poland's instability [26]


That thing was a disaster in many instances - people were buying multi million dollar factories for $300k-$400k down just so they could take out the expensive machines and sell them abroad. Then of course they'd promptly skip out on paying the remainder.

Poland is doing just fine with it's own labor force and the companies that already exist. Poland isn't one of those countries who's economy is entirely reliant on foreign investment. In fact, it plays a pretty small role in the grand scheme of things.

Poland has a over a 560 billion dollar economy by nominal GDP ($1 trillion is going by PPP), yes it is in part to FDI but that's played a tiny role overall. EU subsidies helped - but it's because Poland used them wisely. The entire total of foreign stock of FDI in Poland is $142 billion. Only 9 billion EU flowed into the country in 2014... Poland can certainly survive without more foreign investment... Actually, in that year Luxembourg and Holland invested the most - accounting for over 7 billion EU combined - and Austria and Sweden took out the most - 1.6 bil EU. We're growing over 3% a year - which is AMAZING for a developed European country. Poland was one of the only 2 country's where the IMF gave them a loan at a fixed rate - a loan that Poland didn't even want!

News / Poland -- Europe's only counterweight to Russia [271]

Yeah except Poland can't do anything to Russia - it would get steamrolled almost as quick as Georgia did.

Let's remember 3 things:

1. Obama's decision on a missile defense in Europe, or Poland for that matter, did NOTHING to deter Russian aggression.
2. Poland decided that it would need to beef up their military on their own.
3. Poland proved that the US is an unreliable partner and backtracks on promises.

News / Foreign investors fear Poland's instability [26]


Not true at all. Real investors balance their portfolios by risk - they have low risk, medium risk, and high risk ventures.

If that were true, I would've never had a single client when I was a commodity broker - one of the riskiest investments around.


Panama, Cayman Island, and all the tax haven countries' economies and new office construction is based on money laundering and local banking secrecy laws. These countries' citizens live pretty darn well. Although I guess those would classify as 'banana republics.' I remember in the late 90's I went on vacation to the Cayman Island and I was shocked when I heard the minimum wage was like $12 hour or something - 3x higher than the US at the time. Some other places live off foreign money too like where it's an enormous chunk of their economy like Trinidad, U.A.E, Hong Kong, Macau, Andorra, Lichtenstein, etc. Like Trinidad has over 100 billion of FDI stock yet the most recent annual GDP is around $30 bil. By comparison, Poland has around 140 billion of foreign stock but their most recent GDP figure was $1 trillion - so not a big percent of the economy when you consider the way some other countries are leveraged. I believe the US is actually the country with the most foreign investment - if we're going by total dollar amount.

Also, Poland is a very stable country to invest in - companies spend millions investing in far less stable environments.


At least we have just signed a trade deal with Kazakhstan now - a country I am considering working in due to the high wages for expats and low taxes

News / Poland -- Europe's only counterweight to Russia [271]


Offset by increased prices for food and higher taxes.


Yeah I know - thanks to the sanctions we don't anymore


I know and it's unfortunate.

What I am certain of though is that some capitalist minded individuals are certainly taking advantage of the sanctions to smuggle goods from Poland into Russia. I have heard of one particular incident where a Russian was caught on the border with a truck full of Polish cheeses and other dairy products.

News / Poland -- Europe's only counterweight to Russia [271]


Is your memory that abysmally short? Too much marijuana? I stated that Poland is increasingly looking for trade deals elsewhere and not just in the EU - like the deal with Kazakhstan. To which you commented that they are corrupt and copied delph's post that they have a lack of democracy - which has nothing to do with Poland nor Russia. To which I unfortunately fell for your tangent bait and responded that democracy doesn't necessarily mean a high standard of living and happy citizens and explained how certain countries that are run by dictators offer (or in this case offered) their citizens healthcare, education, dividend checks, etc. to which you ignorantly thought I was speaking of Russia due to your poor reading comprehension skills.


The same farmers who have seen a drop in agricultural income since 2011 and a significant decline in employment.

ibtimes.co.uk/poland-norway-be-hardest-hit-by-russian-sanctions-1461013
The country exports over $1.12bn of agricultural products to Russia every year and its fruit sector, apples in particular, would face a severe blow.

Some sources like Bloomberg say that the figure is closer to $2 billion a year in losses for the agricultural industry thanks to the Russian sanctions.

I'll use apples as an example as up until recently, I had a hectare sized apple orchard on my property and loved making wine out of apples. Say that I was under contract to provide x kilos of apples to two companies - one in Germany, one in Russia - as most farmers sell their harvests to either one or very few customers - they don't have 100's of customers (unless they have like a small market stall type of operation where they sell their goods locally). Like my uncle for example lives on a farm and sells all his goods to a company named Golpasz. For the most part it involves a contract and filling a quota with a certain good of a certain quality by a set date. If suddenly sanctions prevent me from sending my apples to my Russian customer - well my contract is now null and void and it'd be illegal for me to go through with it. I just lost 1/2 my customers. So now, not only did I lose what could've been my only customer - if I was only exclusively selling to a Russians, but now I have to find a new customer to buy the apples from me - which there aren't many in the EU that want Polish apples. Meanwhile, the Russian customer is upset because now he also has to find a new source so that he can fulfill his own contractual obligations - whether they're providing apples to a grocery store, or apples to a company to make apple sauce, or whatever. Now, the consumer at the Russian supermarket feels this effect as suddenly the price of apples has gone up 50% if not more. So a person already hit hard by the decline of the rouble now has to spend even more money on a basic food item.

bbc.com/news/business-28879165
Specifically about Polish apple growers feeling a squeeze:

"We are happy with the quality, but just don't know whether we can sell our apples or what price we can now get. The kind of apples we grow are good sellers in Russia but less popular in many other places in Europe."

Now is it worth for a poor Polish family to face financial ruin just because a guy in Brussels can decide for them who they can and cannot sell apples to? I think not...

News / What kind of Poland do most Poles want? [101]


I would truly cry...with the invasion of Western and Central Europe, hopefully Poland, Czech Rep, Slovakia, Serbia, and Hungary remain ethnically homogeneous


The issue with the West. We're taught to accept and like everyone's sexual orientation, religion, customs, culture, etc. - tolerance is no longer enough now we have to accept it and like it. However, the same cannot be said for European Catholics - if we believe, because of our religion and customs, that homosexual relationships are a sin, we're labeled a bigots and homophones. Yet we cannot claim that they're being intolerant of our Roman Catholic religion.Total double standard...

In England there was a huge scandal where there were Pakistani males sexually abusing young girls for years and years. Social workers and even the police and politicians knew about this but were too scared to do anything about it as they feared unfairly being called racists and anti-Pakistani or Islamaphobes. This changed once a teenage girl died - and that's what it took to finally have these men arrested.

I just hope that Poland remains the way is has been since the fall of communism - homogeneous, Roman Catholic, and conservative with an economy that is on the rise.

UK, Ireland / Are there too many East Europeans, Poles in West Europe now? [47]

No, but there are too many Arab and African migrants in West Europe now.

News / Poland -- Europe's only counterweight to Russia [271]


No, they did in Libya under Gaddafi before Clinton turned the country in a total ruin. I would've loved to live in Gaddafi's Libya. Funny how we can decide at the drop of a hat which dictators are A-Okay and which need to be murdered. Let's not forget the US had a good relationship with Saddam before the 90's and 2000's.


Some argue democracy is best, some argue socialism is best, some argue anarchy... I think each system has it's pro's and con's and some governments work well for certain countries and certain demographics where as another one wouldn't.

Personally, I think that in democracies the politicians spend way too much time worrying about campaigning and elections instead of governing. Even with a 4 year presidency - 1 - 1 1/2 years are going to be focused on campaigning and election season. If you have a leader that's been doing a great job for 5, 10, 20 years why not keep him?


Yes, because of the centuries of wars on both sides. There's suspicious among Poles, especially those who have lived under communism like myself (granted at the very tail end of it) and my parents but the view is changing with the younger generation. Personally, I'd just like to see individuals like Polish farmers not be told by some guy in Brussels who they can and can't sell their peppers and vegetables to. Polish farmers have really suffered because of the sanctions. What I am stating is that I hope Poland can realize that the West is in decline and buddy up with countries that are on the rise - like Kazakhstan for one with whom Poland just signed a very important trade deal which will benefit both parties.

News / Poland -- Europe's only counterweight to Russia [271]


'Democracy' isn't everything, and is oftentimes overrated... there are plenty of countries with a high HDI and happy citizens that are ruled by the same president for decades, a monarch, dictator, etc. India is the world's largest democracy yet most people are dirt poor - many emigrate or work in countries Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, which are the furthest things from democracies.

Libya under Gaddafi is one such example, same with U.A.E., Bahrain, or Qatar - those aren't democracies... yet I'd much rather live there than India which is considered the world's largest democracy.

We have a so-called democracy here in the states - sure we have freedom of speech, right to bear arms, can criticize Obama etc. (granted that's gradually being taken away) and we're supposedly free - but nonetheless total slaves to banks, mortgages, ridiculous cost of living with low wages in this democracy.

Quite frankly, I'd take free housing, free healthcare, monthly dividend checks from oil sales, $50k upon marriage, etc. and give up my right to criticize the government over being an indentured servant in a democracy able to speak out against the government any day.

As far as Russia is concerned - it's a weird situation there. It's kind of like a semi-democracy increasingly nationalist type of country run by oligarchs (many of which were exiled put in prison, or murdered by Putin) and people with connections to the old Communists.

News / Poland -- Europe's only counterweight to Russia [271]


True. Also a believer that Poland is America/NATO's lapdog.


Thankfully yes. Poland has a great relationship with the Visegard 4 - which I would love to see Serbia a part of. However, Polish leadership, in business and politics, need to understand that the West is on a decline. Poland can sell burqas for the newly arrived migrants in Belgium and Germany, but I think they'd be better off forming new trade agreements with countries like Russia, China, and Iran - those are the countries that are on the upswing now... and I guess also Mexico, Brazil, Mongolia, Vietnam, etc. The point is though, the Poland needs to focus less on German and the rest of the EU and focus more, at the very least on the economic benefits, on making better relations with other countries outside the EU.

Poland actually just signed a huge trade agreement with Kazakhstan recently - a country I am considering working in actually (especially if Hillary wins). The economy of Kazakhstan is wonderful - huge oil, uraniam and mineral deposits, low debt, 2:1 export to import ratio, low unemployment, rising GDP per capita and PPP, moderate inflation, diversified economy, undervalued currency - they have everything going for them. The government pays foreign workers $80k USD a year for entry level positions with only 10% going towards income tax and free room and board and even airfare covered. You can live like a king on $40k USD in Kazakhstan, let alone double.

News / Poland -- Europe's only counterweight to Russia [271]

Please... this is coming from someone who was born and raised in Poland and had to learn Russian as a second language.. Poland is a NATO buffer state against Russia, merely a geopolitical pawn to set up missle defences against missles from landing in Germany, France, UK, etc. At least now the new government is realizing how it's been played all along. Russia would steamroll Poland almost as quickly as it did Georgia. I'm not saying I want that to happen as I love Poland, but I also am being realistic.

Putin, who I have lots of respect for, has bigger fish to fry than worrying about invading Poland. I certainly hope in time Poland learns to make better relationships with the Russians as both parties could benefit. History tells us though that it'll be a long uphill battle though and may never happen. Atleast there's still our Czech, Serbian, Slovak, and Hungarian friends.

I will cite Sienkiewicz who said Poland exists only on paper and Sikorski who said we slob on American knob.. Poland is a counterweight to Russia because it is a EU/UN/NATO pawn... and like in chess, you frequently have to sacrifice a pawn or two to obtain a better position - no country would help Poland if invaded. This is why I wish at the very least Poland would disregard EU sanctions against Russia especially as PL farmers are really feeling the sting against this.

Genealogy / Looking for information on my great grandfather Josef Sokolowski [10]

Sokolowski is a very popular name. If you know for fact he's Jewish that would help narrow your search a lot. I would start with US immigration records or the records in the local towns or in Krakow - especially if he owned land or was part of petty nobility his record would be there.

Keep in mind too though Poland didn't exist during the years you mention as those were the partition years.

News / Poland directly threatened by ISIS. Do Islamists planning terrorist attacks in Poland? [390]

Around 100 people have been arrested in Kosovo since September 2014 on charges of active membership of, or affiliation to, Islamist groups including ISIS and Al-Nusra.'

balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-jails-isis-facebook-propagandist-04-12-2016

Atleast when Yugo still existed, there wasn't this problem of terrorism in Kosovo or Bosnia. I feel sorry for the Serbs - they try to control the terrorism from spreading and not only do they not get any thanks, they get chastised by the world. At least some people are realizing the B.S

You missed one thing from that website:

Kossev also quoted this "commander" as saying that "ANA considers NATO to be its friend, and it is a friend to Kosovo's institutions." He then added that "ANA will be mobilized very quickly if necessary."

News / Poland -- Europe's only counterweight to Russia [271]


One of the many reasons haha = but not the main one honestly. I live in a very diverse city (granted my suburb is like 95% white, perhaps 4% asian and 1% black with very few jews as this is a WASP stronghold) so I'm use to it. However, when I travel through Europe I like to be with Europeans. If I wanted to be surrounded by Pakistanis and Indians I'd go to Lahore or Mumbai.


They're in nearly EVERY western country - even places like Argentina and Moldova. Although Europe and NYC was the original stronghold of the Rothschild, Warburgs, Guggenheims and the original banking families.


At the very least, I feel that Poland ought to shift away from economic reliance on the west and realize the enormous market potential of places like Russia, China, and Iran. These three countries have been making treaty after trade agreement with each other as they realize they've got to be each other's friends against the EU, US, and NATO.

I would love to see more cheaply made Chinese, Russian, or even Iranian goods in Poland and more Polish high quality exports to Russia. I know the EU sanctions did hurt Poland a little bit and some Russians would smuggle Polish goods into the country - namely food, especially cheeses.

I'm a lover of the free market - I think that Poland should trade with whoever it is economically beneficial - not solely on who the EU dictates that we trade with.

Zimmy, I live in Chicago.... it sucks...

many many acres of Grant Park, - big open field with a few trees - not impressed
Lincoln Park - full of yuppies, hipsters, and trust fund babies. there's a few good bars but that's it - which would be nice to go to if you could actually park your car within the same 5 blocks as the bar.

the lake shore beaches for miles - full of trash and fat ugly women - unlike the shores of Spain, the French Riviera, or even Gdansk

and the numerous smaller parks, etc. - like the ones infested with gangs such as Garfield park, Riis park, portage park, and just about any other small park in the city. Even without the gangs, they're still totally unimpressive - grass with no unique landscaping or even flowers for that matter and a couple of ash trees that grow thanks to a steady diet of cigarrette butts..

I've lived in Chicago most of my life - it's overrated, overly expensive (further 17% property tax increase on properties worth over $250k), and there's hardly anything special about it. Aside from the L, the average street in Chicago will look nearly identical to that of Philly, Milwaukee, Boston, or just about any other generic major city in the US.

There's a reason why the population has been going down just about every year since 2000 in Chicago (at that year it had a height of 2.89 million - that's the highest it's been in 16 years) - the people who have the means to move out, do... including the corporations and businesses

Stick to the topic please

News / Poland -- Europe's only counterweight to Russia [271]


Same. London by far was my least favorite city and England my least favorite country in Europe - and I've traveled all over Europe. Although it was unique to see the men better dressed and in better shape than the women. It reminded me of a european version of Chicago - meaning nothing to brag about and everything you don't want like terrible traffic, bad weather, ugly people, and a very high population density with no room to move around. The beer was good - but the food not so much. Mayonaise with fries- I'll pass...

Many Brits are brainwashed - it's not their fault entirely. I thought free speech was limited in the US till I researched England.

We should start a thread on this... Why England sucks and why some Brits come to Poland..

News / Poland directly threatened by ISIS. Do Islamists planning terrorist attacks in Poland? [390]

The burqa clad population is pretty big in Canada - but it's nonetheless far less diverse than the US or western Europe. To my understanding, Canada is still 3/4 white so it's not doomed like the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, etc.

I am looking to move abroad in the coming year - Canada is one of the top places on my list... good economy, high standard of living, low interest rates, majority white population, lots of hunting and fishing, not infested with traffic and crime... seems like a decent place. I've only been to Canada like twice though and it was a few years back.

I just pray that Poland doesn't become like Germany, Belgium, Sweden, etc. that would be such a shame. I don't think it'll happen for a while though - at least government's of countries like Serbia, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic haven't completely sold their culture and their people out.

News / Poland -- Europe's only counterweight to Russia [271]


More like geopolitical stone in Russia's shoe...

Poland is definitely NOT Europe's only counterweight to Russia - out of the border countries even Turkey has a more powerful army. Poland is perhaps a bit more powerful than the Baltic countries but less so than like Germany, France, Turkey, etc.


I really really want Poland to form better relations with Russia, Serbia, and the Visegard 4. I'd love to see a breaking away from Brussels hegemony and closer ties with the East. The West is on a downward spiral - Poland is going to have to make some decisions whether to go down with it. Personally, I'd be in favor of Poland making ties with countries like Serbia, Hungary, Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, etc. - these are the countries that have realized that the US, EU, and NATO really aren't as powerful as they use to be.

News / Poland -- Europe's only counterweight to Russia [271]

Poland doesn't stand a chance against Russia - and this is coming from someone who's uncle is a Major in the land forces... Poland would get steamrolled faster than it did by the Nazis and Soviets in WW2. You better believe the US, UK, or France wouldn't help either - just as they didn't during WW2. The most they would do is speak out against Russia and maybe add some more economic sanctions - but as far as actual military help - forget it.

The only thing Poland could do if Russia invaded is have some sort of guerrilla saboteur type of war to slow them down. Russia isn't interested in attacking Poland though - it doesn't have the same historical or geographic significance or even a minority Russian population like Ukraine.

News / Poland -- Europe's only counterweight to Russia [271]


... the right armpit of Europe, with Albania being the left armpit . Also, dozens of countries still don't recognize Kosovo including China, India, Algeria, Greece, Argentina, Brazil, Israel (big surprise), Mexico, Spain, Indonesia, and many more. It's mostly western countries that recognize Kosovo - about 1/2 of Africa while most of Asia, and most of S. America don't recognize Kosovo. I believe around 100 of the 190 (just over half) of the UN member states recognize Kosovo.

If they wanted some semblance of an economy and stability, they should get on their knees and beg the Serbs for forgiveness and return all the kidneys, lungs, and other organs they cut out in the Yellow house.

Also, most the of the Ukraine war has been resolved - most of the territories are in the process of being returned to Ukraine, except Crimea which the Russians will most likely keep. I'm not an expert on history on Crimea, but from what I understand this was Russian territory since the late 1700's and was part of Russian SFSR till like the 50's, then it was given to Ukraine SSR, then turned into like a 'special city' that belonged to Ukraine but housed the Russian fleet.

The only people that are benefiting from this war are the investors that purchased Ukrainian state assets during their fire sale to raise capital to fight the Soviets. If I didn't have other duties at the time, I too would've purchased some machines or whatever else I knew I could make a quick profit on.