Posted on 03/03/2014 7:23:56 PM PST by Army Air Corps
President Komorowski said after a meeting of the National Security Council on Monday in Warsaw that the US has given assurances on Poland's security, as the Ukraine crisis deepens.
In a telephone call on Sunday, Bronislaw Komorowski said Barack Obama assured him "unequivocally as to Poland's security, knowing that Poland is not only a neighbour of Ukraine but Russia as well."
Trying to solve disputes through military means, as Russia is doing in Crimea, "raises huge doubts and concern for the future," President Komorowski said after the National Security Council meeting, which brings together Poland’s prime minister, foreign and defence ministers and leaders of opposition parties.
Komorowski said he had instructed Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski to request NATO consultations under Article 4 of the alliance's founding treaty, which comes into force when the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any member state is threatened.
On possible sanctions by the EU against Russia, Komorowski said that Poland will be calling for the threat of tough measures against Moscow.
"Poland should present the case for a very firm stance on sanctions, both political and economic," Komorowski said.
US secretary of state John Kerry has muted the idea of asset freezes and other sanctions against the Russian government.
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As long as Obama is president, Biden as VP, Kerry as Secy of State, Dempsey as head of JCS, and Obama has all his drug-addled marxist advisors in the White House, POLAND WILL NEVER BE SAFE.
Quote of the day!
The same goes for the USA.
Translation: “You’re on your own.”
Ah, so you can translate from Kerryese to English.
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