Wow 2 whole billion. And they want our sons and daughters to be a trip wire aka south Korea. No thanks. Btw why do Poles, who are a wonderful people, naturally expect we will defend them carte blanche???
They do not: they’re asking to be our allies because they are on the front line with Russia. Their GDP is 1/20 of ours, so that $2 billion for us is $40 billion to them. And that’s not counting their increases for their own defense.
Believe me that nobody in Poland think that any third state would fight for our freedom. In fact this is your government that want to keep troops in Europe for various reasons. Polish say that if Americans want to keep troops in Europe anyway then why not in Poland? If you want troops our of Europe then complain to your politicians.
Anyway, that's not really “many Poles” but the current gov, which apparently can't figure out anything better regarding national security than bringing foreign military in. “Many Poles” actually know better.