I hope I'm not out of line to ask a question. Stop me if this is too complex or sensitive. But do you have a sense for how young people in Poland today view events like the Katyn massacre and the other assaults on Polish sovereignty in the last century or so?
Do they see it as ancient history that can't repeat itself in the future, or as a warning about things that need to be guarded against in the future?
We see very cool photos here with new hardware (like F-16's), but it also seems like Polish defense spending is rather low as a percent of the economy. So it's hard for an outsider like me to get a sense for how seriously people in Poland today view the need for national defense.