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| − | In August 2019, when the U.S. withdrew from the [[INF Treaty]], banning intermediate-range missiles in [[Europe]], the [[U.S.]] had already deployed [[missile]]s in [[Romania]], and Poland, saying their purpose was ostensibly ‘to defend against [[Iran]]’. However, the tubes installed are deliberately configured to accommodate [[nuclear warhead]]-equipped [[cruise missile]]s and [[ballistic missile]]s; it is not possible to determine which missile is loaded, as the tubes have lids. The time for these missiles to reach [[Moscow]] would be 9 minutes from Poland, and 10 from Romania. | + | In August 2019, when the U.S. withdrew from the [[INF Treaty]], banning intermediate-range missiles in [[Europe]], the [[U.S.]] had already deployed [[missile]]s in [[Romania]] and Poland, saying their purpose was ostensibly ‘to defend against [[Iran]]’. However, the tubes installed are deliberately configured to accommodate [[nuclear warhead]]-equipped [[cruise missile]]s and [[ballistic missile]]s; it is not possible to determine which missile is loaded, as the tubes have lids. The time for these missiles to reach [[Moscow]] would be 9 minutes from Poland, and 10 from Romania. |
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| | [[File:Poland-Tweet-Airforce-Ukraine.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Polish government responds to [[Biden regime]] foreign secretary [[Antony Blinken]] efforts to induce Poland to provoke [[Russia-Ukraine_war#Expansion_of_war|World War III]].<ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/08/poland-calls-secretary-blinkens-bluff-refuses-to-help-the-united-states-start-world-war-iii-against-russia/ Poland Calls Secretary Blinken’s Bluff, Refuses To Help the United States Start World War-III Against Russia], | | [[File:Poland-Tweet-Airforce-Ukraine.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Polish government responds to [[Biden regime]] foreign secretary [[Antony Blinken]] efforts to induce Poland to provoke [[Russia-Ukraine_war#Expansion_of_war|World War III]].<ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/08/poland-calls-secretary-blinkens-bluff-refuses-to-help-the-united-states-start-world-war-iii-against-russia/ Poland Calls Secretary Blinken’s Bluff, Refuses To Help the United States Start World War-III Against Russia], |
| | March 8, 2022. ''[[The Conservative Treehouse]].''</ref>]] | | March 8, 2022. ''[[The Conservative Treehouse]].''</ref>]] |
| − | Poland continues to be a regional leader in support and participation in the NATO Partnership for Peace Program and has actively engaged most of its neighbors and other regional actors to build stable foundations for future European security arrangements. Poland continues its long record of strong support for UN peacekeeping operations by maintaining a unit in Southern Lebanon, a battalion in NATO's Kosovo Force (KFOR), and by providing and actually deploying the KFOR strategic reserve to Kosovo. Polish military forces have served in both [[Operation Enduring Freedom]], [[Afghanistan]] and [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]. | + | Poland continues to be a regional leader in support and participation in the NATO Partnership for Peace Program and has actively engaged most of its neighbors and other regional actors to build stable foundations for future European security arrangements. Poland continues its long record of strong support for UN peacekeeping operations by maintaining a unit in Southern Lebanon, a battalion in NATO's Kosovo Force (KFOR), and by providing and actually deploying the KFOR strategic reserve to Kosovo. Polish military forces have served in both [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]. |
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| | Poland assumed command of a multinational division of stabilization forces in Iraq (MDN-CS) on September 3, 2003. Poland and its MND-CS partners have worked effectively since then to stabilize south-central Iraq while working to train Iraqi forces to take over MND-CS responsibilities and operate independently.<ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_orbat_coalition.htm</ref> | | Poland assumed command of a multinational division of stabilization forces in Iraq (MDN-CS) on September 3, 2003. Poland and its MND-CS partners have worked effectively since then to stabilize south-central Iraq while working to train Iraqi forces to take over MND-CS responsibilities and operate independently.<ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_orbat_coalition.htm</ref> |
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| | On March 8, 2022, the government of Poland announced it would transfer all of its Russian-made MIG-29 jets to the Rammstein Air Base in Germany. The jets will be placed “at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America” which in turn is expected to send them to Ukraine.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/poland-announces-all-its-mig-29-jets-will-be-transferred-us-send-ukraine</ref> The Pentagon responded to the Polish announcement: "The prospect of fighter jets " at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America" departing from a U.S./NATO base in Germany to fly into airspace that is contested with Russia over Ukraine raises serious concerns for the entire NATO alliance. It is simply not clear to us that there is a substantive rationale for it.'<ref>https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2960180/statement-by-pentagon-press-secretary-john-f-kirby-on-security-assistance-to-uk/</ref> Simply put, Blinken and Biden tried to bribe Poland with new jets to attack Russia and begin World War III so NATO Article 5 could be invoked. Poland refused on at least two earlier occasions in the previous two weeks. When Poland said it would fly the old MIGs to Germany and let Germany or the U.S. begin World War III, or let the US transport the MIGs to Slovakia or Romania and let Romania or Slovakia get nuked in addition to the United States for starting World War III, the whole [[duplicitous]] game that the Biden regime was playing with the lives of people on the planet was exposed. Biden, the "leader of the free world", wanted to start World War III but didn't want to take the blame for it, and was looking for a NATO ally to bribe and become the fall guy.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/08/blinken-and-biden-fold-pentagon-rejects-poland-offer-for-united-states-to-start-world-war-iii/</ref> | | On March 8, 2022, the government of Poland announced it would transfer all of its Russian-made MIG-29 jets to the Rammstein Air Base in Germany. The jets will be placed “at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America” which in turn is expected to send them to Ukraine.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/poland-announces-all-its-mig-29-jets-will-be-transferred-us-send-ukraine</ref> The Pentagon responded to the Polish announcement: "The prospect of fighter jets " at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America" departing from a U.S./NATO base in Germany to fly into airspace that is contested with Russia over Ukraine raises serious concerns for the entire NATO alliance. It is simply not clear to us that there is a substantive rationale for it.'<ref>https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2960180/statement-by-pentagon-press-secretary-john-f-kirby-on-security-assistance-to-uk/</ref> Simply put, Blinken and Biden tried to bribe Poland with new jets to attack Russia and begin World War III so NATO Article 5 could be invoked. Poland refused on at least two earlier occasions in the previous two weeks. When Poland said it would fly the old MIGs to Germany and let Germany or the U.S. begin World War III, or let the US transport the MIGs to Slovakia or Romania and let Romania or Slovakia get nuked in addition to the United States for starting World War III, the whole [[duplicitous]] game that the Biden regime was playing with the lives of people on the planet was exposed. Biden, the "leader of the free world", wanted to start World War III but didn't want to take the blame for it, and was looking for a NATO ally to bribe and become the fall guy.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/08/blinken-and-biden-fold-pentagon-rejects-poland-offer-for-united-states-to-start-world-war-iii/</ref> |
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| − | Poland plans to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2026, using a funding scheme that includes bonds, loans and leasing options. The PiS-led cabinet is already among NATO’s top spenders (2.2% of GDP in 2022). In 2022 military spending stood at 57.7 billion zlotys, or 12.5 billion euros, which will consume 12 per cent of the country’s budget. As a result of the NATO war in Ukraine, Poland planned to raise military spending to 5% of GDP, with 300,000 active troops by 2035. It is buying billions in modern equipment from the US and South Korea. | + | Poland plans to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2026, using a funding scheme that includes bonds, loans and leasing options. The PiS-led cabinet is already among NATO’s top spenders (2.2% of GDP in 2022). In 2022, military spending stood at 57.7 billion zlotys, or 12.5 billion euros, which will consume 12 per cent of the country’s budget. As a result of the NATO war in Ukraine, Poland planned to raise military spending to 5% of GDP, with 300,000 active troops by 2035. It is buying billions in modern equipment from the US and South Korea. |
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| − | As stated by the Defence Ministry, the military modernization plan until 2035 has a price tag of 524 billion zlotys (115 billion euros), but details have not been made public. The increased spending also does not require parliamentary approval, let alone a referendum, even for the largest procurement items. All that is required is the signature of Defense Minister. | + | As stated by the Defence Ministry, the military modernization plan until 2035 has a price tag of 524 billion zlotys (115 billion euros), but details have not been made public. The increased spending also does not require parliamentary approval, let alone a referendum, even for the largest procurement items. All that is required is the signature of the Defense Minister. |
| − | [[File:Suwalki.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Sawulki Gap]]In January 2023, the Polish Ministry of Defense reported 15,900 professional soldiers resigned from the Army and Polish Territorial Defense in 2022. This compares with 6,000 resignations the previous year of 2021.<ref>https://www.rp.pl/wojsko/art37865691-marek-kozubal-fala-odejsc-z-wojska-mon-nie-widzi-problemu</ref> | + | [[File:Suwalki.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Sawulki Gap]] |
| | + | In January 2023, the Polish Ministry of Defense reported that 15,900 professional soldiers resigned from the Army and Polish Territorial Defense in 2022. This compares with 6,000 resignations in the previous year of 2021.<ref>https://www.rp.pl/wojsko/art37865691-marek-kozubal-fala-odejsc-z-wojska-mon-nie-widzi-problemu</ref> |
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| − | The Polish town of Suwałki lies approximately 15 miles south-east of the border with [[Kaliningrad]] and 25 miles west of its border with [[Belarus]], putting it in the middle of a sixty-mile gap between Russia and Belarus. This chokepoint is NATO’s ‘gateway to the [[Baltic states]]’, and without this passage, there is no terrestrial connection between [[Lithuania]] (or [[Latvia]] and [[Estonia]]) and the rest of NATO. | + | The Polish town of Suwałki lies approximately 15 miles southeast of the border with [[Kaliningrad]] and 25 miles west of its border with [[Belarus]], putting it in the middle of a sixty-mile gap between Russia and Belarus. This chokepoint is NATO’s ‘gateway to the [[Baltic states]]’, and without this passage, there is no terrestrial connection between [[Lithuania]] (or [[Latvia]] and [[Estonia]]) and the rest of NATO. |
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