Even with your 'extensive knowledge and personal experience,' with what might be a .0006% of the entire Polish population, I still don't see any evidence that shows that ALL of Poland hates Russia and is open about it. The information I am basing my claims on is governmental and military, not based on civilian testimony. Show me a published article from a military official or respectable politician that speaks for himself, Poland, and the people themselves when he speaks out of hatred for the Russian people and maybe I'll change my view, maybe.
I didn't reference Katyn Forest to boast about the deeds of the NKVD, who I might add did not represent the views of the Russian people but only that of Stalin and their own, but to show a reference of how two countries can put aside old grudges for the sake of their people, throw away all pride and openly speak their mind and come out on good terms in the end. It shows mutual understanding and a sense of hope between the two countries after so many years.
And let me also note that my point when saying 'the views based on two people,' was directed at your reference, and Jake's reference, not specifically your own.
And I am well aware of the suspicious opinions of the plane crash, the fact of the matter is those are not facts, they are speculative opinions on the event that aren't taken for face value. Just like there is two ends to the terrorist attack on 9/11, there will ALWAYS be numerous opinions for one event. And we may very well never know the truth, but we don't know that we don't either.
But aside all that, let me get one thing clear; I don't speak for the Polish people, I made sure to state clearly and concisely that when I finished speaking of my THEORIES as to who would join in alliance with the theoretical world war 3, that they were just that, THEORIES. It's fun to talk about it and make out these theories, that's what we do on SAS, hell I even put out a few good points for making those theories, but I never said that I spoke for the people of Poland like some political poppet who thinks he knows the entire country inside and out. I spoke in light of the fact that if WW3 did break out, the logical decision for Poland's preservation would be to ally with Russia who is only a stone throw away... Which was also, just a THEORY.
And so you say you're not trying to 'slam,' me? What the hell were you meaning in your second paragraph then? Particularly the bit about, 'needing to read up on my history,' you're talking up a storm against a person who specializes in RUSSIAN military history, particularly that of the current special forces and the war in Afghanistan and Chechnya. No, I don't know everything and I don't ever claim to, but don't go off on me and start throwing out your degrees and hobbies like they are written in stone proof that you know more than I do about history in general. And to be frank I could care less about your experience in Civil War history and history in the U.S., that holds absolutely NO water on a Russian Military forum.
On that note, you come on a Russian military forum based out of Ukraine and start talking about how Poland hates Russia and how your immediate family hates Russia, in return making it pretty presumable that you hate Russia too and you want to talk it all up against supporters of the two countries? We have a veteran from Chechnya on this forum who also happens to be the administrator for Christ sake, and since I apparently offended you with our for-fun conversation about WW3 just because we referenced Poland once in the original post, you think this will go over well for a person who fought for Russia? This doesn't go over well for me either pal, and it sure as hell won't for the other people on this forum who just want to have a good time.
The majority of the people come on this forum to have a decent conversation about a lot of 'what-if' scenarios, and I don't take kindly to the 10% of forum users who come on here and start a rage war because he doesn't feel the need to argue his opinion in a respectable manner without thrashing members of the forum. If you want to do that go on a U.S. airsoft forum, and if you want to talk about real history, there are threads for that, but not here where we're trying to indulge in a theoretical scenario while at the same time helping out the new guy in finding out what he needs to know.
And I think that's enough about that.
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