This appeal for peace and restraint addressed to president Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk has already been declared “curiosal” and “controversial” in the “Polish” media.
What is this curiosity? On the contrary, the authors of the appeal believe that the war in Ukraine should be completed as shortly as possible and that irresponsible declarations and actions should be avoided. They request that the NAO stay solely a defence alliance and explicitly call for the support of Viktor Orban's policy. Here is the content of the appeal:
"American Polonia awaits the arrival of president of Poland Duda and Prime Minister Tusk who will arrive in Washington on 12 March to meet president Biden. We hope that this critically crucial visit will strengthen Poland's image as a advocate for the normalisation of European relations and a key spokesperson for the fresh safety architecture in Europe based on peace and cooperation.
In the face of the upcoming 10th anniversary of the armed conflict in Ukraine, we hope that Poland will lead the planet towards de-escalating this conflict and resolving it through negotiations. We firmly believe that Europe needs not war but peace. Any differences of interest must be negotiated and resolved peacefully.
Many members of the Polonia are firmly convinced that NATO should stay a defence alliance, not an instrument to realise the ambitions of the geopolitical dominant members of the alliance. Poland cannot be drawn in or forced into military engagement outside Poland, unless it is attacked first.
The direction of future developments is not predictable or predetermined. However, it is known that future political and military decisions of the Russian Federation will mostly depend on the actions of its opponents. Escalating behaviors will meet, as can be expected, the escalating reactions of the another side. Russia's conviction that it is facing an existential threat and a tact that it clearly signals its determination to exploit all its military capabilities in conflict must be taken seriously and taken into account before taking any steps to escalate the situation.
The consequences of the escalation of the conflict, which any European leaders advocate and seek, can have very tragic consequences for Poland and the world. We call on Polish politicians to refrain from offensive, rhetorical excesses and empty threats, which, unfortunately, illustrate only their inability to realistically measure Poland's real capabilities in a situation of actual military confrontation.
Americans of Polish origin are ready to support and assist president Duda and Prime Minister Tusk in their efforts to strengthen and keep the Polish possible for military deterrence, but powerfully argue the deeper engagement of Poland in a war which cannot be won and which can yet lead to the demolition of Poland. We call on the Polish leaders to join those European leaders who call for a peaceful solution to this conflict."
Signers:
Edward Wojciech Jesman of Polish American strategical Initiative (PASI) and Polish American legislature of confederate California,
Celina Urbankowski from the Polish American Congress, Northern fresh Jersey Division,
Edward Brzozowski of the Polish National Alliance Lodge 1684 Cohoes, NY,
Les A. Sosnowski – lawyer,
Marek Bober – journalist,
Adam Bąk – entrepreneur and philanthropist,
Urszula Oleksyn – educator,
Gene Sokolowski of the Polish American strategical Initiative Educational Organization,
Andrzej Burghardt of Polish American Congress, fresh Jersey Division
Edward Swiderski of the Polish National Alliance Lodge 113 Amsterdam, NY
Dr. Marek Kierlanczyk,
Dr. Krystyna Zamorska – an independent scientist,
Edward Soul – publisher.
Photo: Profile of the president of the Republic's Chancellery
