The polish president talking about pulling out of Iraq earlier

Vernunft II

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Fri Mar-19-04 02:55 AM
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The polish president talking about pulling out of Iraq earlier

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,291337,00.html

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Fri Mar-19-04 03:03 AM
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1. This looks really interesting, Vernunft,, but I'm ashamed to confess ...

... that my schoolboy German isn't up to it. Any chance of a translation?

The BBC briefly mentioned that the conservative Polish government was beginning to meet a backlash over the neocons' fiasco in Iraq.

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Vernunft II

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Fri Mar-19-04 03:08 AM
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2. Well, a rough, short translation would be that

Polands President showed discontent over having been lied over the issue of WMDs and that there might be a chance of pulling out polish troops before the agreed date in Summer 2005.

It�s basically a slow stepping away from uncoditional support to a more "european" point of view. The polish also might give in to the new EU constitution now. They and Spain were the only ones against it and Spain just got rid of the nay sayer and elected a much more EU friendly government.

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Sugarbleus

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Fri Mar-19-04 04:28 AM
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3. I just heard on Radio that Italy and S. Korea

are also raising their voices about the mess Bush got all of them into. I wonder how much sleep the "boys" in DC are getting....

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Dr Fate

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Fri Mar-19-04 04:34 AM
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4. Look forward to a comeback for "Pollack Jokes"...

Edited on Fri Mar-19-04 04:34 AM by Dr Fate

Or is that "Freedom Jokes?"- things were so much easier when we just hated the Frogs....

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ze_dscherman

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Fri Mar-19-04 06:11 AM
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5. He just denied any criticism / won't retract troops

Edited on Fri Mar-19-04 06:15 AM by ze_dscherman

He claimed he never intended to criticize Bush, did not feel betrayed about WMDs and will not retract troops "until the situatioan in Iraq has been stabilized". Said he was "misreported" by U.S. journalists.

German news on this: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,291374,00.html

Did someone yank his chain?

On edit: Some links to former news about his criticism

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/079/world/U_S_Poland_s_presidents_to_dis:.shtml

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.poland19mar19,0,7073561.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines

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lanlady

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Fri Mar-19-04 10:18 AM
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7. Kwasniewski's been bitch-slapped

Article says he denies feeling that Poland had been misled about WMD (even though he was earlier quoted saying exactly that). Also that Bush is going to be speaking with him by phone today. Sounds like Poland's leader is easily intimidated. All the more reason to say, Viva Zapatero!

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Fri Mar-19-04 09:14 AM
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6. kick

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