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| Poland offers up to 500 troops for Lebanon force |
| 2006-08-26 |
| Poland has offered to more than double its number of troops serving in the peacekeeping force in Lebanon to 500, a Defense Ministry spokesman said. The offer was made at an EU summit in Brussels by Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga, said Piotr Paszkowski, spokesman for the Defense Ministry. "She has offered to upgrade our contingent to 500 - That would be an extra 300," Paszkowski told The Associated Press. Poland's current deployment is 214. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 And it will serve to reinforce the building contempt in Polish society for the transnationalists like the UN and EU, which is a very helpful thing. The utter lack of proper equipment, personnel, ammo, air support, ROE, food, and the like will be contrasted with serving next to the US military in Iraq where all of that was in abundance and/or properly designed for the situation. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2006-08-26 20:43 |
| #3 A nice exercise comparing serving alongside a US-led effort in Iraq, and an EU-led effort in Lebanon. I imagine the Poles, who have long used american as an adjective meaning the perfect example of its category, as in "That couch is so comfortable -- an american couch!", will find the experience salutory... and the EU already find their different view of things a bit of a thorn in the foot. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-08-26 12:16 |
| #2 Agreed - leave this idiocy to the Olde European Poseurs. |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-08-26 02:29 |
| #1 Sorry to see this. The Poles are good soldiers and have fought alongside us in Iraq. I hate to see them put in the line of fire in such an ill-conceived, futile mission. Some of them will die needlessly. |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-08-26 02:26 |