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It became a meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-forgot-poland https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-forgot-poland

• H8crilA 3y ago
  A former Foreign Minister of Poland (the equivalent of the Secretary of State) called it "slaving for the Americans". It was all a part of a plan to ensure that Russia does not colonize the country again, together with things like the Giedroyc doctrine (Ukraine-Lithuania-Belarus doctrine, i.e. establishing strong, democratic buffer zones). Similar reasons caused another government of Poland to allow the CIA to torture people in black sites in north-eastern Poland. All in all the strategy has worked pretty damn good so far.
  • earthboundkid 3y ago
    It also doesn't hurt if your foreign ministers wife becomes a prominent American pundit and everyone just acts like it's normal for a foreign politician to be published without a big disclaimer at the bottom of every column.
  • vkou 3y ago
    Maybe not so well for the people tortured, or for the Iraqis, but yes, offering up someone else's pound of flesh does look like it's worked out well for Poland.