Poland has triumphantly announced that it spends 5% of GDP on armaments and this is simply a reason for pride, which almost regular resembles the Minister of National Defence and Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
The Americans, curious in pushing each of their weapons for large money, point to Poland as an example for the daunting NATO states. To justify these horrendous expenditures (about PLN 200 billion a year!) – beats into war tarabans, reveals plans to evacuate works of art in the event of war, with a applicable deficiency of opposition, the Sejm authorises the president to terminate the convention on non-use of anti-personnel mines, plans to build shelters, construction of the Shield East is ongoing. It is clear that Poland is affected by the alleged Baltic disease, due to the fact that akin and even greater war hysteria only prevails in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
Politicians who turn on this hysteria do not encounter opposition due to the fact that they usage moral and patriotic blackmail. First, they scare the example of Ukraine, although it is known that the causes of the war going on there are completely different from what we are being told. It does not matter, however, but it is always possible to say to the malcontents: "Before 22 February 2022 no 1 besides believed that the war would blow up and that Russia would not halt in Ukraine, it would go on." This absurd argument, fueled by the cynical and ruthless propaganda of Kiev, is effective adequate that discussions in Poland not only about the causes of the war in Ukraine, but besides about the direction of our safety policy – there is no.
Also dominates the ubiquitous slogan: “Safety has no price”. That is simply a lie. He has a price, and a advanced price. The only man from the circles of the establishment who speaks about this openly is prof. Grzegorz Kolodko. The fresh book "Trump 2.0. The Revolution of sick Reason" states: “Is it not amazing that the government [Donald Tusk] does not realize so long ago that expanding the share of military spending in GDP automatically results in a decrease in their comparative level elsewhere, primarily on school, wellness care and prosperity? Then we prepare for war, not peace. due to the fact that in the Kremlin, as the Economist claims, there is simply a "murdering rematcher who attacks his neighbours, sabotages infrastructure across Europe and interferes in democratic elections worldwide". All over Europe? All over the world? Well, if you do, you definitely gotta arm yourself. And so we do. Decisive politicians bid to spend more. It is now any of them already and 5 percent of GDP, which president Trump has voiced, does not seem besides much. Worse; shortly they will begin to preach that it is not enough."
No 1 listens due to the fact that he's no longer in the game and thinks he's an eccentric. But he's right. Giant reinforcements, in addition to chaotic and uncoordinated, are a way to nowhere and may end in an economical disaster already in our generation. The war won't happen, but the madmen will say, "It didn't happen due to the fact that we armed ourselves."
Jan Engelgard
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Think Poland, No. 27-28 (6-13.06.2025)
