Polish love for an American President

[Sitarro]

Looks like the Polish people understand the greatness of our former President much better than most of the leftist idiots in this country.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/0....i9acjrf8.html

Soviet monument to make way for Reagan: report

Feb 09 1:10 PM US/Eastern

Opponents of Poland's former communist regime reportedly want to pay a posthumous homage to US President Ronald Reagan by erecting his statue in the place of a Soviet-era monument.
In an open letter to the mayor of the southwestern city of Katowice, the former anti-regime activists said that the staunchly anti-communist Reagan had been a "symbol of liberty," the Polish news agency PAP reported.


As a result, they said, he deserved to become the centrepiece of the city's Freedom Square, replacing a monument to the Soviet troops who drove out the occupying Nazis in 1945.

They also said that they wanted the site to be rebaptised "Ronald Reagan Freedom Square."

City hall spokesman Waldemar Bojarun said that Katowice's councillors would consider the issue.

Bojarun said that he had "enormous respect" for Reagan.

However, he said, the proposal could cost an estimated 500,000 zlotys (128,000 euros, 168,000 dollars) and the city had "other pressing needs."

There are already separate plans to erect a statue in memory of Reagan in the centre of the Polish capital, Warsaw, which would be paid-for from private funds.

Reagan, who dubbed the Soviet Union an "evil empire," is widely credited by Poles with having driven communism to the wall.

The conservative Republican made fighting communism the cornerstone of his 1980-1988 presidency, and backed Poland's Solidarity trade union after it went underground when the regime declared martial law in 1981.

Reagan died in June 2004 at the age of 93.

[Ado]

They can let the mental patients sleep there.

[stephanie]

They can let the mental patients sleep there.

They recognize a great human being and a great President of the United States when they see one...

Bites ya all...Doesn't it....

Good for these people to recognize Ronald Reagan as he was...

[Ado]

They recognize a great human being and a great President of the United States when they see one...

Bites ya all...Doesn't it....

Good for these people to recognize Ronald Reagan as he was...

No, it doesn't bite me. I just figure they have no taste.

[stephanie]

No, it doesn't bite me. I just figure they have no taste.

More taste than you, it seems..
I would believe them more than you...
You weren't there to live what they did...
So I'll take their word on it..

To the good people of this city....

[Ado]

More taste than you, it seems..
I would believe them more than you...
You weren't there to live what they did...
So I'll take their word on it..

To the good people of this city....

If you read more objective history,
you'll see that we are obsessed with
memorializing presidents, not truth in
advertising. People in other places buy into the
sensationalism because they have nothing
and need a good story. It is easy to sell
America's successes the other people
in the world who know nothing but worse
hardship. It makes us feel good, without
having to focus on what we need to improve here,
and what truth has been lost in history.

One good thing about Bill Clinton's history,
is that it is probably the most truthful profile
of all the presidents. The rest is all whitewashed.

[Hobbit]

Reagan made the final push to topple the Soviets in a time when many people had decided to accept the fact that they'd always be there. The Polish people were one of the greatest benefactors of the fall of the Iron Curtain. Thus, the Reagan Memorial.

[Hagbard Celine]

They can let the mental patients sleep there.

Yes! You are awesome.

[Hagbard Celine]

Reagan made the final push to topple the Soviets in a time when many people had decided to accept the fact that they'd always be there. The Polish people were one of the greatest benefactors of the fall of the Iron Curtain. Thus, the Reagan Memorial.

Also true. Every coin has two sides.

[Hobbit]

Also true. Every coin has two sides.

Poland was also one of the first countries to agree to commit troops to Iraq when we announced we were going in. Poland has become one of our most faithful allies since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

[Hagbard Celine]

Poland was also one of the first countries to agree to commit troops to Iraq when we announced we were going in. Poland has become one of our most faithful allies since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Yeah right. The 50 troops they offered up has helped out a lot. They're stationed with the brigade from the Fiji islands!

[Hobbit]

Yeah right. The 50 troops they offered up has helped out a lot. They're stationed with the brigade from the Fiji islands!

I didn't say powerful. I mean, come on. They had to be a sattellite of the Soviets for decades, and before that, they were a speed bump for European superpowers. I said faithful. As in, they'll help us if they can, every time.

[manu1959]

They can let the mental patients sleep there.

yes because only mental patients would want to be free....from the control of either hitler or stalin....two of the greater more compasinate leaders in the history of the world....

[manu1959]

If you read more objective history,
you'll see that we are obsessed with
memorializing presidents, not truth in
advertising. People in other places buy into the
sensationalism because they have nothing
and need a good story. It is easy to sell
America's successes the other people
in the world who know nothing but worse
hardship. It makes us feel good, without
having to focus on what we need to improve here,
and what truth has been lost in history.

One good thing about Bill Clinton's history,
is that it is probably the most truthful profile
of all the presidents. The rest is all whitewashed.

yes i hear they are going to erect a staute of him just outside the train station in amsterdam..................i also hear that everyone will have to kneel to pay their respects

[manu1959]

Yeah right. The 50 troops they offered up has helped out a lot. They're stationed with the brigade from the Fiji islands!

the french surrendered before the war ever started....at least the polish have balls