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| Iraq-Jordan |
| FM Distances Poland From Iraq-Pullout Comments |
| 2004-10-04 |
| 4 October 2004 (NCA) -- Polish Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz today distanced the government from a statement by the country's defense minister that Poland would pull its troops out of Iraq by the end of next year. Cimoszewicz told reporters in Warsaw that it would be good if the situation in Iraq had reached a point where one could say the mission there is finished. But he said this is not yet the case. He said Poland must not let down its ally, the United States. His comments come after Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski in radio and press interviews earlier said that Poland will withdraw its 2,500 troops from the country by the end of 2005. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 What visa issue? The general tightening of visa standards, or something more particular to Poland? |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2004-10-04 4:29:52 PM |
| #3 From what I hear the Poles take that visa issue rather personally. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-10-04 2:26:42 PM |
| #2 We're dropping the ball with Poland. We should be funding thousands of Marshall Scholarships or the equiv for young Polish leaders-to-be to study in the US and reinforce their pro-American tendencies. Instead they're increasingly becoming Der Spiegelized. We're in danger of losing a generation. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-10-04 2:24:48 PM |
| #1 The poor Poles. They should realize that the Ameicans will not defend them against the Germans or Russians, either; especially under a President Kerry. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-10-04 10:10:01 AM |