Polacy pomagaja Stanom Zjednoczonych USA

Hello from Polish American Lech Alex Bajan of Arlington Virginia.
A gdzie ta wzajemnosc dla Polski?
Gdzie offset miala Polska dostaz za zakup F16 samolotow?
Gdzie te wizy dloa Polakow?
Polskie rodziny deportowane po 20 latach pobytu w USA!!
Gdzie ta pomoc w sprawie bezpieczenstwa energetycznego?
Ostatnio czytalem ze Polacy rezerwujacy przez telefon spotkanie wizowe musza placic wielkie sumy za polaczenie telefoniczne do Ambasady USA w Warszawie poza $100.00 oplata.


Jako Polak z USA of 1987 musze podac moje rozrzalenie z tej niesprawiedliwosci jaka jest w dzisiejszym swiecie w traktowaniu Polski i Polakow.

Polacy pomagaja Stanom Zjednoczonych USA : Iraq, Afghanistan , Kosovo, Panama, Haiti, Polish Army's Peacekeepers in Golan Heights.

Co mamy z tego. Gdzie te kontrakty w Iraki? Nic z tego? Ile to nas Polske i Polakow kosztuje. Mozna by za to zaplacic dlugi wszyskich szpitali w Polsce w wyslac na studia lazdego Polaka a albo podwoic swiadczenia dla najbardziej ubogich.
Co nasz Rzad robi w tej sprawie?
Dlaczaego nie mamy dobrego lobingu w USA. A ja moge pomoc. Jestem 20 lat w Washington DC i wiem jak to dziala.
Przed rostrzygniecien kontraktu w Iraku juz bylem poinformowany ze US kontrakt nie bedzie dla Polski a dla firmy belego sekretarza wojsk USA.

Former Republican Congressman and Secretary of Defense, under President Clinton, William Cohen, sits at the helm of the Cohen Group.
On dostal wiele kontraktow ktore sie Polsce nalezaly.

Nawet byly wypowiedzi Ministra Wojsk Irackich ze kontrakt nie zostal dobrze wypelniony przez firme Cohena: ze wiele sprzetu po dostarczeniu nawet nie dzialalo.

Czy tak chca zniszczyc i tanio wykupic Polski przemysl zbrojeniowy.

Sam pochodze z Krasnika w Lubeskim gdzie slawna na calym swiecie Fabryka Lozysk Tocznych wybudowana w ramach Centralnego Osrodka Przemyslowego w latach 20-30 XX wieki i calkowicie z modernizowana przez firmy japonsko – zachodnio europejskie w latach 80-tych za wiele miliardow dolarow. Ktora kiedys exportowala do 70 krajow swiata i zatrudniala 12 tys. Pracownikow


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Polacy pomagaja Stanom Zjednoczonych USA

Country
Three Years Before 9/11 ('99-'01)
Three Years After 9/11 ('02-'04)
Change in Dollars
Six-Year Total ('99-'04)

Israel
$9,823,862,000 $9,094,874,000 ($728,988,000) $18,918,736,000
Egypt
$6,122,603,000 $6,025,456,540 ($97,146,460) $12,148,059,540
Pakistan
$9,075,000 $4,152,654,219 $4,143,579,219 $4,161,729,219
Jordan
$981,050,000 $2,670,414,688 $1,689,364,688 $3,651,464,688
Colombia
$1,549,497,000 $2,048,565,665 $499,068,665 $3,598,062,665
Afghanistan
$8,415,000 $2,663,783,836 $2,655,368,836 $2,672,198,836
Turkey
$5,357,000 $1,324,923,070 $1,319,566,070 $1,330,280,070
West Bank and Gaza
$630,557,000 $271,058,000 ($359,499,000) $901,615,000
Peru
$263,543,000 $445,825,971 $182,282,971 $709,368,971
Bolivia
$281,470,000 $320,682,000 $39,212,000 $602,152,000
Ecuador
$110,103,000 $251,367,795 $141,264,795 $361,470,795
Poland
$33,242,000 $301,136,119 $267,894,119 $334,378,119
Iraq
$37,945,000 $283,986,478 $246,041,478 $321,931,478
Haiti
$176,368,000 $87,296,000 ($89,072,000) $263,664,000
Indonesia
$78,126,000 $184,930,913 $106,804,913 $263,056,913
Philippines
$14,642,000 $245,636,802 $230,994,802 $260,278,802
Mexico
$89,957,000 $162,080,493 $72,123,493 $252,037,493
Lebanon
$66,417,000 $110,109,000 $43,692,000 $176,526,000
Timor-Leste
$84,791,000 $89,339,000 $4,548,000 $174,130,000
Bahrain
$693,000 $144,593,000 $143,900,000 $145,286,000

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Support Our Allies - They Support Us?
"...For Your Freedom and Ours..."
Gen. T. Kosciuszko (Poland and America's Patriot)

- Poland sent combat troops to Iraq, Afghanistan , Kosovo, Panama, Haiti, Polish Army's Peacekeepers in Golan Heights, Americans during the war.
- Polish troops are responsible for security in 1 of the 4 zones in Iraq
- 20,000 soldiers from 17 countries served under Polish command
Poland sent its elite commando unit, GROM, which means thunder. It helped secure the port at Umm Qasr, which was vital to delivering aid to Iraq. The unit also secured nearby oil platforms before they could be sabotaged.

In the first Gulf War, Polish intelligence officers snuck into Iraq to rescue a group of CIA operatives trapped behind enemy lines.

Poland's secret agents disguised CIA agents as Polish construction workers and smuggled them out of Baghdad.
This was not the first time Polish soldiers risked their lives for our freedom. Generals Casimir Pulaski and Tadeusz Kosciuszko were two of the first foreigners to fight in the American Revolution. Kosciuszko designed and oversaw the construction of West Point. After that, he returned to Poland, where he led a democratic uprising. As a result of that fight, Poland had the first written democratic constitution in Europe, second in the world only to the U.S.

USA DEPORTED POLISH WOMAN IN US SINCE 1989 PERFECT CITIZEN FORMER SOLIDARITY, PERFECT MOTHER, NO CRIMES

I have to bring to your attention. What kind of:
How autocratic our Homeland Security in US is.

Ciekawy wiadomosc prasowa:

Israel to Get $30bn US Defense Aid

RAMALLAH/GAZA CITY, 30 July 2007 — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday announced a new $30 billion US defense aid package to preserve Israel’s regional military superiority, as he appreciated Washington’s wishes to boost moderate Arab states through weapons sales.

“This is an increase of 25 percent for the military aid to Israel from the United States. I think this is a significant and important increase in defense aid to Israel,” Olmert said at the opening of the weekly Israeli Cabinet meeting.

Olmert added that the aid package was offered during his meeting with US President George W. Bush in Washington on June 20.

“This would mean a lot to Israel’s security, and this is a good opportunity to thank President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,” Olmert said.

Other Israeli ministers stressed during the Cabinet meeting Israel’s need to secure its “quality advantage” over its neighbors in the Mideast and the US’ major role in maintaining this advantage.

“Defense aid to Israel is still a top priority for the United States,” Olmert told the Cabinet, adding that Israel enjoys more financial assistance than other countries in the Middle East.

“We have renewed agreements and a renewed commitment from the Americans that would help preserve our advantage over the Arab countries,” Olmert said, referring to reports by the New York Times and the Washington Post that the US is mulling a $20 billion arms deal with Gulf states and increasing military aid to Egypt to $13 billion over 10 years.

The deal with Gulf states includes advanced satellite-guided bombs, upgrades to their fighter jets and new naval vessels. It has reportedly raised concerns in Israel and among its supporters in the Congress. However, Olmert said that Israel fully understood the US’ need to support the moderate states in the region.

“We understand the US’ need to assist the moderate Arab states, which are standing in one front with the United States and us in the struggle against Iran,” Olmert said, referring to its nuclear program.

Israeli security officials called the increase in military aid “an unusual achievement.”

According to Israeli diplomatic sources, the final details about the new aid package to the Jewish state will be worked out during the visit by US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns to the region, adding that his visit is slated for mid-August.

US defense aid to Israel began in 1973 but a regular 10-year aid plan — with the previous one expiring this summer — was institutionalized in 1977 as part of the Egypt-Israel peace agreement, the official said.

The military aid is made up of 75 percent US military hardware, ranging from ammunition to warplanes, with the other 25 percent in cash, which goes mainly toward securing new Israeli-made weapons.

Meanwhile, a new Palestinian government platform drawn up by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad pledges, in an indirect swipe at the Islamist group Hamas, to prevent the use of violence in the name of Islam.

An official English-language translation, released yesterday, of the policy document said that Fayyad’s administration would build a clearcut strategy to “enhance the status of Islam as a religion of tolerance.”

At the same time, the platform said, the government would prevent “the use of Islam to justify killings, exclusion of others and destruction.”

The phrasing was clearly aimed at Hamas who took control of Gaza last month in fighting with President Mahmoud Abbas’ secular Fatah faction.

The group has accused Abbas, based in the West Bank where Fatah holds sway, of carrying out a coup by setting up the new government without Hamas, which won an election 18 months ago. Palestinian officials on Friday confirmed that the new platform omits the phrase “armed struggle” and “resistance” against Israeli occupation.

A spokeswoman for Olmert has welcomed the new language. Hamas has rebuffed international demands to recognize Israel and renounce violence.

In another development, more than 100 Palestinians stranded for weeks in Egypt after the Hamas takeover of Gaza began returning home yesterday, crossing into Israel and riding buses to a crossing point between Israel and northern Gaza.

The first three Palestinians crossed into Gaza through the Erez checkpoint late yesterday afternoon. They were greeted with kisses and hugs from relatives, who rushed them away from the scene in cars.

The violent Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip last month triggered the closure of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, which was run by Palestinian security with European supervision and Israeli security in the background — stranding about 6,000 Palestinians on the Egyptian side. During the violence, the European monitors fled and Hamas militiamen took control of the terminal.

Earlier yesterday, about 1,000 Palestinians gathered in a stadium in the Egyptian town of El-Arish, where authorities read the names of 105 people who they said were approved by Israel to return to Gaza.


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Solidarity for Poland

Solidarity for Poland
by Susan Easton


How many of you knew that the President of Poland came to America on July 16?
Thought so. This state visit was essentially overlooked by the media. Poland has a long history of being treated like the Rodney Dangerfield of nations. As far back as the 18th century, historians referred to “The Negative Poland Policy,” the European practice of bribing noblemen to keep this besieged country no more than an agricultural backwater. When it joined the European Union in 2004, after decades of Soviet domination, the hope was that Poland was finally going to get the respect it deserved.

Indeed, the twin brothers Kaczynski who preside over the current government, President Lech and Prime Minister Jaroslav respectively, have been acting up and speaking out, but Brussels seems determined to hit Poland where it hurts the most and muffle the mouse before roaring becomes a bad habit. At summits for example.

Jaws dropped in June at the European Union (EU) meeting when Poland complained that the voting rules for member nations were unfair because they were based on population size. We would have more citizens and greater voting rights if the Germans hadn’t killed so many of us during World War Two, said the Poles. Not since John Cleese goose-stepped around the lobby of Faulty Towers had such an anti-German comment been paraded out in public. One of the EU’s foremost club rules is: “Don’t Mention the War.” Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, who held the rotating EU Presidency and was thus hosting this event, must have been livid.

By mid-June, Russian President Vladimir Putin was none too happy with Poland either. The brothers Kaczynski had angered the Russian government by offering America some land on which to construct part of a proposed new missile defense system. The Russians didn’t buy the sales pitch that the missiles these facilities would house would not be directed at Russia, but at "rogue" states such as North Korea and Iran. Small surprise then that Russian news sources put a chilly spin on the warm reception President Bush gave his Polish counterpart in Washington last week. Poland was said to be “courting” America, trying to overcome its incredible bad luck. They could be on to something.

After his stop over in Washington, D.C., President Kaczynski toured Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara, California, looking over the kinds of equipment that the missile shield will require. His genial comments about US-Polish cooperation belied polls, conducted by a publicly funded institute in Warsaw, which indicate that 55 percent of the Polish people opposed hosting a U.S. missile defense base on their turf. The deal had also been offered without the advice and consent of the Polish parliament. This occasioned a vociferous outcry for a public referendum on the proposed project, but that may not happen if the US cannot submit to a rather significant Polish demand. Speaking to the press about security concerns, the head of Poland’s National Security Bureau, Wladyslaw Stasiak, stated that the proposed US base, and all its personnel, would have to agree to abide completely by Polish law versus being what is known as “extraterritorial.” There could be no immunity, no exceptions, and no negotiating on the point, thank you. This is a mighty big condition for the mouse to propose to the lion, but a peace offering was in hand. This came when President Kaczynski posthumously awarded Poland’s highest honor, The White Eagle, to the late President Ronald Reagan. The audience at the Reagan Presidential Library cheered as Nancy Reagan accepted the award.

But the cheers had barely faded away in Simi Valley, CA, when, back in Europe, Brussels made its own rather stunning demand on the Kaczynski administration. After Poland joined the EU, it continued to heavily subsidize its three main shipyards. This indisputably violated EU regulations limiting state aid, by any EU member nation, to one of its own key industrial sectors. Poland was able to strike a deal for two of its shipyards, Gyynia and Szczecin. In those cases, the EU forgave state subsidies in exchange for cutbacks in capacity. But no deal was ever put forth to resolve the situation at the third -- and most important entity -- the Gdansk shipyard, birthplace of the Solidarity Movement.

It was not unexpected but nonetheless unwelcome when, on July 21, the European Union Competition Commissioner gave Polish authorities 30 days to either close two of the three shipways at Gdansk or repay, to the EU, the accumulated state aid which Gdansk has received. By all accounts this amounts to 192 million zlotys or $71 million US. The initial response of the Polish deputy economics minister in charge of the shipyard sector was to wail about imminent bankruptcy and loss of jobs. Authorities in Poland then floated the idea that there had been an unwritten agreement that Poland would have two extra years to sort out the Gdansk problem -- a proposition quickly denied by EU officials. Some Poles wondered if the price of EU membership was worth sacrificing sacred ground. The question is -- just how sacred is this place? The Gdansk shipyard, which sits on prime Baltic Coast real estate and is surrounded by the city’s historic old town area, is the target of developers who want to build condos on or near this hallowed ground.

Roman Galezewski, a member of the board for the Gdansk yard, said that the invocation of the EU’s competition rules were a diversion. Far from being concerned with enforcing competitive policies, Galezewski asserted that EU officials were acting on behalf of a US investment fund which has already purchased the yard's land from the Gdansk City Hall. "Ever since the massive value of the land bought by the American fund from the city has become known, everything possible has been done to shut down the yards,” Galezewski insisted.

The EU has received assurances from the Kaczynski administration that a response to their ultimatum will arrive by August 21. Will the shipyards give way to bulldozers and building cranes? Can the mouse roar loudly enough to stop the developers or is it willing to sacrifice solidarnosc for profit? Can the movement which helped end Soviet communism rise up again to block the construction of pricey condos? Is Pope John Paul II spinning in his Vatican grave?



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Susan Easton is a third career theologian. She holds a B.A. and M.A. in Religious Studies and Theology from the Jesuits. Susan and her husband of 37 years, Terry, divide their time between homes in the Bay Area and London.

Polish president visits Vandenberg's missile sites

by Senior Airman Stephen Cadette
30th Space Wing Public Affairs

7/19/2007 - VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- The president of Poland came to Vandenberg Air Force Base July 17 to tour missile defense facilities located on the base and meet with Missile Defense Agency officials.

The visit followed President Lech Kaczynski meeting with President George W. Bush July 15 to discuss the U.S. proposal to emplace 10 long-range interceptor missiles in Poland as part of a missile shield program that would add to the United States and Europe's protection from long-range missiles launched from rogue regimes.

The president said this visit was his first time on a missile base, giving him a firsthand glimpse of missile defense operations. During the press conference at the 76th Helicopter Squadron hangar, he reflected on the difference between the present and the Cold War era.

"Twenty years ago, I could hardly imagine that not only myself but this huge delegation would be admitted to a military installation of this kind," President Kaczynski said. "So it's a symbol of the changes in the world.

"The fact that you are engaged in these kinds of activities proves there are dangerous forces in this world these days," he said. "Therefore, these defense preparations are extremely important. I do hope the facilities and things I have seen will never have to be used, and I am leaving you with this hope. But this does not mean we should not work on improving the system."

The Polish president met with Lt. Gen. Henry A. Obering III, the director of the MDA, and 30th Space Wing members.

President Kaczynski visited Vandenberg AFB's Missile Assembly Building where Orbital Sciences puts interceptor missiles together. Vandenberg AFB members also had a special surprise for the president. The clamshell doors at Launch Facility 2 opened, and he peered over the edge and down into a missile silo.

"I think he was impressed," said Rick Lehner, a MDA Public Affairs member.

Vandenberg AFB has two interceptor missiles and advanced communications equipment integrated with the Ballistic Missile Defense System.

The system includes 17 long-range interceptor missiles based in Alaska, several radars and other sensors, and an integrated command and control network to provide defense of the United States against a limited long-range ballistic missile attack.

Vandenberg AFB was the first to emplace a ground-based interceptor missile in the United States on Dec. 10, 2004. The Missile Defense Agency plans to emplace four interceptors by 2011.

President Kaczynski of Poland honors Reagan.

President Kaczynski of Poland honors Reagan.
Nation's highest medal presented posthumously
By Anna Bakalis (Contact)
Wednesday, July 18, 2007


Maria Kaczynski, left, and her husband, Polish President Lech Kaczynski, pay their respects Tuesday at President Reagan's memorial site at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley.

Photo by Joseph A. Garcia / Star staff Simi Valley 07/17/2007: Maria Kaczynski(cq), left, looks on as her husband Polish President Lech Kaczynski(cq) prepares to present Poland's highest award, the Order of the White Eagle, posthumously to President Ronald Reagan.


Tuesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Klys, 60, saw a fellow freedom fighter, the man who helped turn the trade unions into a 10 million member movement and abolish communism in his country — President Lech Kaczynski of Poland.

Kaczynski was there, in turn, to bestow the Republic of Poland's highest award posthumously on former President Reagan for his efforts to stamp out communism and bring democracy to the people of Poland.

Historically, the medal has been given only to Polish citizens, but Kaczynski presented The Order of the White Eagle to former first lady Nancy Reagan, who accepted it on behalf of her husband.

The ceremony followed a welcome reception that included dozens of Polish Americans, including Klys. Polish flags waved while Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, walked the red carpet leading into the library. He stopped for photos and shook outstretched hands, speaking in Polish to some.

"This is very emotional for me," said Klys, who now lives in San Francisco. "For the last 20 years, Polish immigrants lost communication with our country, but he's the president who's restored it."

Dedicated to reforming Poland, Kaczynski was a delegate to the Solidarity Trade Union and was interned for one year during martial law in 1981, the year Reagan was elected.

When released from internment, he returned to trade union activities and was a member of the underground Solidarity movement. He saw Reagan's tough-on-communism policies working in concert with the Polish democratic underground efforts.

After his election in 1981, Reagan took a hard stance on communism that strengthened Poland and the union's fight for the rights of workers and their families, Kaczynski said.

"There was an awareness among the Russians that American politics would be tough on communism and intervening in Poland," Kaczynski said through a translator.

It was Reagan's influence and political weight that allowed the trade unions to grow and turn into the millions-strong Solidarity movement, Kaczynski said.

At the time, the population of the country was about 36 million.

After years of advising and working with anti-communist groups, Kaczynski was elected president of the Republic of Poland in 2005. He declared a war against corruption and his support for law and order.

Kaczynski was a law professor and adviser to trade unions in the '70s, while Klys was an active member of another anti-communist union. Kaczynski worked as a law professor at Gdansk University, now the University of Warsaw, and Klys worked in the oil refinery.

"While I never met him, I was working together with him, as a freedom fighter," Klys said. "I am proud to be here."

Klys drove down with about 50 members of the San Francisco Polish American Community.

More than 1,000 people attended the event, which included an opening speech by Reagan's former secretary of state, George Shultz.

Kaczynski's wife walked into the lecture hall arm in arm with Shultz, while Nancy Reagan was escorted by Kaczynski.

The president was introduced by Frederick Ryan Jr., chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation. Thirty counsel generals from the Los Angeles area were also in attendance, said Melissa Giller, library spokeswoman.

After the awards presentation, Kaczynski was joined by 30 Polish war veterans for an official wreath-laying ceremony at President Reagan's memorial site.

Polish President Heads To U.S. For Missile-Defense Talks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and Poland's president on Monday emphasized the need to build a missile defense system in Europe that has strained relations with Russia.
11:44 A.M. EDT

PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. President, welcome to the United States. Poland and the United States have a very unique and strong relationship. And the President and I have just had a very constructive dialogue. And, by the way, Mr. President, a lot of my fellow citizens who trace their heritage back to Poland who -- are delighted to welcome you to America.

And along those lines, I fully understand a lot of Polish citizens would like to travel to the United States. And so my friend, the President, has once again brought up to me the visa waiver issue -- which I fully understand, Mr. President, and thank you for your candor. And I will continue to work with Congress to change a law that needs to be changed.

Poland is a strong ally. And Poland has taken some very difficult decisions to help a young democracy survive in the face of extremist threats. And I want to thank you, Mr. President, and the Polish people for supporting the people of Afghanistan and Iraq.

War is never popular. But having heard from the Iraqi leaders today, and their expression of gratitude not only to the Polish government, but the Polish people and the American people for supporting this democratic experiment, Mr. President, it reminds me of how important what we're doing is.

America is, of course, pleased that the Polish economy is strong. We want our friends to prosper. Of course, the President, in all modesty, reminded me that's the purview of the Prime Minister. (Laughter.) Of course, I reminded the President he knows the Prime Minister quite well. (Laughter.)

And, finally, we talked about how we can enhance mutual security issues. And there's no better symbol of our desire to work for peace and security than working on a missile defense system -- a missile defense system that would provide security for Europe from single or dual-launched regimes that may emanate from parts of the world where leaders don't particularly care for our way of life, and/or in the process of trying to develop serious weapons of mass destruction.

And I thank you, Mr. President, for your vision and your understanding about the nature of the world in which we live. And I thank you for working on behalf of securing the security of others. And we continue to work and consult very closely with you. And so we welcome you. Thank you for coming.

PRESIDENT KACZYNSKI: (As translated.) Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. President has already briefed you about the issues we were talking about during our meeting. And concerning visa waiver, we discussed the issue, however it is in the hands of the Congress. We do understand that the legislative process in the U.S. is very -- it is stable and it is really hard to change that binding law, that existing law. So we are looking forward to positive changes in this area.

Another very important issue is the issue of missile defense. And I would like to emphasize that we discussed it in terms of defensive instruments, because it is aimed at defense of our democracies against the countries who might have, or already do have nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction. So it is really a defense instrument, missile defense instrument. And so I do hope that all this project, the whole project will be completed successfully.


And we also discussed other forums which could foster and strengthen our mutual relations and also the NATO. And this issue of strengthening our cooperation will be discussed at the level of the Secretary of Defense of the United States of America, and also our Defense Minister -- and on the level of experts. And our conversation, our meeting is not over yet, and there are some issues that we --

PRESIDENT BUSH: I've got to buy him some lunch. (Laughter.)


"There's no better symbol of our desire to work for peace and security than working on a missile defense system," Bush said with Polish President Lech Kaczynski at his side in the Oval Office.

The missile-defense system would provide security for Europe from countries where "leaders don't particularly care for our way of life and, or, are in the process of trying to develop serious weapons of mass destruction," Bush said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin late last week suspended Moscow's participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty from mid-December. The move was widely seen as an effort to raise pressure over U.S. plans for an anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.

NATO on Monday expressed concerned at Russia's decision to suspend participation in the treaty, which covers the deployment of armed forces in post-Cold War Europe.

Kaczynski is one of Moscow's most outspoken critics and a key U.S. ally in Europe. He said he wanted to emphasize the "defensive" nature of the proposed missile shield and its intended use in protecting against countries that might have weapons of mass destruction.

"I do hope the whole project will be completed successfully," Kaczynski said through a translator.

The White House said it would keep working with Russia on missile defense.

Bush and Putin met earlier this month at the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine in an attempt to improve ties that have become frayed partly over the missile shield.

Putin made a new counter-proposal that expanded on his previous offer to use a radar system in Azerbaijan as an alternative to the U.S. missile-shield proposal.

He suggested in Maine incorporating a radar system in southern Russia and bringing more European countries into the decision-making through the Russia-NATO Council.

"The comments that the Russian president made up in Kennebunkport offered a certain amount of promise for moving forward. We continue to have discussions with them on it," White House spokesman Tony Snow said.

Washington wants to place interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar facility in the Czech Republic to protect against attacks from what it calls "rogue states" such as Iran and North Korea.

Bush last month visited both Poland and the Czech Republic, which has agreed to host the radar site on its territory. Poland has held out, hoping to negotiate related military contracts or other concessions.

Polish and U.S. negotiators held a round of talks in late June in Washington and will continue the talks later this summer.

Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, who represents Poland in the talks, expects a deal in September or October.

Polish President Heads To U.S. For Missile-Defense Talks


President Bush to Welcome President Lech Kaczynski of Poland to the White House



George W. Bush welcomed President Lech Kaczynski to the White House on February 9, 2006.
U.S. President George W. Bush will welcome President Lech Kaczynski of Poland to the White House on July 16. Under President Kaczynski's leadership, Poland has been one of the United States closest allies in advancing and consolidating democracy in Europe and around the globe. Poland is a leading strategic partner in the war on terror, supporting stability and freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan. To protect Europe and the United States from emerging threats, Poland has also expressed its interest in contributing to a missile defense system. The two leaders look forward to discussing these and other regional and international issues. First Ladies Laura Bush and Maria Kaczynska along with Mrs. Hanna Reiter, wife of the Polish Ambassador to the U.S., and Mrs. Joan Ashe, wife of the U.S. Ambassador to Poland, will have coffee at the White House on July 16 and visit the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington, DC. President Kaczynski will later fly to California and visit Mrs. Nancy Reagan.


President Lech Kaczynski
(AFP)
July 15, 2007 -- Polish President Lech Kaczynski is traveling to Washington today for talks with President George W. Bush that will include U.S. plans to deploy elements of a missile-defense system in Central Europe.
The three-day visit comes after Russia, which strongly opposes the project, announced it was suspending its participation in a key European arms control treaty.
Talks at the White House between Kaczynski and Bush on July 16 are expected to pick up negotiations that began in Poland in June over the missile-defense shield.
The United States wants to place 10 interceptors in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic.
Washington insists the missile-defense system is aimed at countering the threat of a nuclear terror attack from "rogue" threats that include Iran and North Korea.
But Russia says it views the U.S. plan as a threat to its national security and has responded energetically, including with an offer to allow a facility in Azerbaijan to be used for the missile-defense effort.
CFE Maneuvers
On July 14, the Kremlin announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree suspending Russia's participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) pact.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak said the move was connected to NATO's eastward expansion and what he said were violations of the CFE treaty by the NATO alliance.
Kislyak also said Moscow remained open to dialogue.
"I would like to stress that we are not closing the door to dialogue," Kislyak said. "We presented proposals to our partners to find a solution. And we are still waiting for a constructive response."
The CFE treaty, originally signed by Warsaw Pact and NATO member states in 1990, and amended in 1999, limits the amount of troops and conventional weaponry that signatory countries can deploy on their territory. But the United States and other NATO members have refused to ratify the amended version of the treaty, saying Russia must first withdraw troops from Moldova and Georgia.
NATO, the United States, and individual European states expressed disappointment at Russia's fresh decision to suspend participation.
"The CFE is one of the foundations of the situation which was created after the end of the Cold War," Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski told Reuters. "And we of course would like to keep this treaty, of course with some amendments, with some amendments, with some modifications which were discussed and were implemented some years ago. But of course we wouldn't like to pull out from the treaty, [and] we wouldn't like Russia to pull out from this treaty."
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Poland's participation in the U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq is also expected to figure on the agenda of Kaczynski's visit.
Poland has been a staunch U.S. ally since the launch of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in early 2003, and currently has about 900 soldiers in Iraq. But President Kaczynski has recently signaled an unwillingness to leave Polish troops in Iraq beyond the end of this year.

During his U.S. visit, the Polish president is also scheduled to honor late U.S. President Ronald Reagan with one of Poland's highest distinctions, presenting his widow Nancy Reagan with the Order of the White Eagle in Los Angeles on July 17.
WARSAW, Jul. 5, 2007 (AFX International Focus) -- Boeing (NYSE:BA) is set to build a base for a battery of American missiles in Poland, if Warsaw and Washington go ahead with a controversial US anti-missile shield project, the Polish official leading negotiations said today.

'If the US Congress approves the budget for the construction of parts of the shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, we can assume that Boeing will receive 400-600 mln usd to build a base in Poland,' Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski told a parliamentary commission.

The upkeep of such a base would cost the US around 30 mln usd a year, while Polish expenditure for the ground-work would be 'minute', said Waszczykowski, quoted by Poland's PAP news agency.

Waszczykowski, who is in charge of talks with the US on the missile plan, said last week that Warsaw and Washington could reach a deal by September or October.

Washington wants to site 10 interceptor missiles in Poland as part of an extended defence shield against airborne attacks, along with a powerful tracking radar in the Czech Republic.

Russia, however, has strongly objected to the US plan and threatened to retaliate if the system is installed in its communist-era stamping ground.

Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov on Wednesday hinted that Moscow could respond by stationing missiles in its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.

On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to US President George W. Bush widening the European anti-missile defense system and bringing NATO on board, saying it would render the US plan unnecessary.

Putin has previously suggested sharing a radar alert system located in ex-Soviet Azerbaijan -- a proposal Waszczykowski has said is 'interesting' but only seen as 'complementary' to the Polish and Czech plan.

The next round of talks on the anti-missile shield is due to take place during Polish President Lech Kaczynski's visit to Washington later this month, followed by negotiations between defence experts in early August in Warsaw.
Stany Zjednoczone pod przewodnictwem Ronalda Reagana doprowadziły do pokonania swojego największego rywala – Związku Radzieckiego. Początek lat dziewięćdziesiątych stał się zatem dla USA początkiem nowej ery, w której stały się niekwestionowanym mocarstwem o zasięgu globalnym. Polska z kolei jako kraj postkomunistyczny miała niezwykle ważną rolę do spełnienia. Jej zadaniem było pokazanie pozostałym krajom oswobodzonym spod radzieckiej dominacji przykładu, wzoru pomocnego w transformacji demokratycznej. Był to również cel, który przyświecał Stanom Zjednoczonym. Okres pierwszej połowy lat dziewięćdziesiątych był zatem czasem niezwykle owocnej współpracy Polski ze Stanami Zjednoczonymi. Z biegiem lat Polsce udało się dokonać kompletnej przemiany ustrojowej. To osiągnięcie spowodowało iż nasz kraj zyskał status tzw. państwa normalnego, czyli kraju, który nie wymaga już specjalnych względów ze strony Stanów Zjednoczonych. Stany Zjednoczone pozostają nadal potęgą światową. Polska natomiast jest jednym z wielu państw świata, które starają się wpłynąć na politykę USA. Co zatem należy uczynić, aby przekonać Stany Zjednoczone do polskiego punktu widzenia? Jakimi środkami powinniśmy operować w tym celu? Jaką strategię powinniśmy przygotować w celu maksymalizacji celów?

Na te pytania oraz wiele innych kwestii odpowiemy podczas panelu poświeconego Stanom Zjednoczonym.

Przedziały tematyczne panelu USA:


Interwencja w Afganistanie i Iraku jako element polskiej polityki zagranicznej wobec USA:
Na ile działania interwencyjne wojsk polskich w Iraku i Afganistanie są elementem polskiej polityki zagranicznej, a na ile są spowodowane poprzez międzynarodowe zobowiązania Polski?
Pozytywne i negatywne aspekty zaangażowania polski w konflikt iracki i afgański;
Jakie cele realizuje, bądź próbuje realizować Polska angażując się we wspomniane konflikty?
W jakim stopniu zaangażowanie Polski w konflikty iracki i afgański wpływa na amerykańską politykę zagraniczną?
Organizacje pozarządowe oraz polonia amerykańska jako czynniki kreowania polskiej polityki zagranicznej:
Dyplomacja społeczna jako nowa metoda w kreowaniu polskiej polityki zagranicznej;
Wpływ relacji między społecznych na decyzje z zakresu polityki zagranicznej;
Współpraca instytucji edukacyjnych jako środek „przełamywania” negatywnych stereotypów;
Budowanie pozytywnego wizerunku Polski jako partnera biznesowego oraz turystycznego:
Dyplomacja ekonomiczna nową jakością w tworzeniu nowego wizerunku państwa Polskiego;
Turystyka środkiem do prezentacji obywatelom amerykańskim zalet Polski;
Wpływ na Polskę amerykańskiej polityki zagranicznej wobec Rosji:
Nakreślenie specyficznej struktury relacji USA – Rosja;
Jaki wpływ wywiera współpraca amerykańsko – rosyjska na kształtowanie polskiej polityki zagranicznej względem Rosji;
Bezpieczeństwo militarne i energetyczne Polski a oddziaływanie polityki zagranicznej USA na Federację Rosyjską;
Kraje Unii Europejskiej, Stany Zjednoczone - relacje multilateralne lub bilateralne. Polska jako mediator między USA i UE:
Ukazanie specyfiki relacji UE ze Stanami Zjednoczonymi;
Nakreślenie modeli kooperacji przez wyżej wymienione podmioty;
Przedstawienie polskich propozycji współdziałania Unii Europejskiej z USA;
Omówienie polskiej polityki zagranicznej generowanej w UE, a obecne relacje USA i UE;
Rozbieżności w koncepcjach polityki zagranicznej Polski i Stanów Zjednoczonych:
Ogólne przedstawienie zgodnych koncepcji kształtowania polityki zagranicznej Polski i USA względem danego podmiotu lub przedmiotu;
Uwypuklenie różnic jakie występują w polityce zagranicznej obu państw istotnych w dłuższej perspektywie oraz ich szczegółowe omówienie oraz ocena;
Kampania promocyjna Polski w Stanach Zjednoczonych:
W jaki sposób powinna zostać stworzona taka strategia;
Dopasowanie strategii do realiów amerykańskich;
Jakie elementy powinny zostać wykorzystane w takiej kampanii?