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Friday, March 14, 2025

Nuclear Poland?

Today is the day of protests against the Republican administraion in the United States. ALL OF IT!

Meanwhile, in Poland:

In an interview with the Financial Times, Andrzej Duda called on the United States to deploy nuclear weapons in Poland as a deterrent against possible aggression from Russia.
 

“NATO's borders moved east in 1999, so 26 years later there should also be a shift in NATO infrastructure to the east. For me, this is obvious,” the president said, adding that ”it would be safer if these weapons were already here.” He expressed his hope that the Nuclear Sharing project would be expanded in Europe, which Duda unsuccessfully proposed to the administration of then-US President Joe Biden in 2022. Duda emphasized that it is current US President Donald Trump who decides on the deployment of US nuclear weapons. 

At the same time, he recalled Vladimir Putin's announcement in 2023 that Russia would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. “Russia did not even hesitate when it moved its nuclear weapons to Belarus. It did not ask anyone for permission,” he said. The president repeated the words of Prime Minister Donald Tusk that Poland could obtain better alternative protection thanks to the idea of French President Emmanuel Macron, which involves extending the French nuclear umbrella to European allies. However, he rejected the Polish head of government's idea of developing a Polish nuclear arsenal. “It would take decades,” he said.
 

Duda emphasized that he cannot imagine Trump withdrawing from the commitments he made in his conversation with him in the US in February regarding the maintenance of the US military presence in Poland. “Fears that the United States will reduce its military presence in Poland are unfounded. We are a reliable ally for the US and they also have their own strategic interests here,” he said.


Tomasz Siemoniak, Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration, when asked about the deployment of American nuclear weapons in Poland, stated that the American side's openness is a prerequisite for discussion on this topic. “Such things must be dealt with in the privacy of offices and one must be sure that there is any path to it,“ he noted. ‘There is nothing worse than putting forward a concrete idea and hearing in three days’ time that it is not an option because it simply weakens us,” he emphasized. Source-The Warsaw Voice.

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