Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Friday, April 16, 2010 1:39:58 AM
"...Lech Kaczynski was a patriot: a man who never collaborated with the dictators or accepted the occupation of his country by the Red Army. Some Polish politicians, who had made occasional compromises - muting their criticism in return for being allowed to take up foreign postings, for example - found his purism uncomfortable. But ordinary Poles admired Kaczynski, and elected him with a handsome majority."
Lech Kaczynski
A Plane Crash Changes Poland
By Jane Jamison
Katyn Forest in Russia carries its curse on Poland forward again in the new millennium. A plane crash in the Katyn forests near Smolensk, Russia has killed the president of Poland, a true patriot of Eastern Europe, and the top tier of his leadership. The crash removes, in one fell swoop, a freedom-loving president who jut-jawed communists, and many of those who sympathized with him and might have replaced him. The incident could impact politics in the region for decades to come.
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