Geopolitics

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[quote name='shamu' date='12 April 2010 - 03:53 AM' timestamp='1271024154' post='105848']

Does anybody know Polish history?



Why do all major european powers invade Poland?

I think Polish jokes are the most ethnically targetted jokes in Europe. They must be created to ridicule Polish people as a group. Any idea what their ancestor did long time back to others?

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Polish are the Roman catholics in the middle of orthodox (Russia), German protestant and Anglican Christians.

They are the outsiders in this area and hence are a target.



Jews had integrated inside the Polish society and had controlled the economy.

Prussia was a leading state during the 1700s and had

As Polish head of state, Lech was said to consult with his twin daily about the country’s affairs. Then, in July 2006, he made Jaroslaw’s role official by appointing him prime minister.



Together, they sought to uncover misdeeds by former communist officials – a widely criticized campaign.



Perhaps more detrimental to Poland, they raised the hackles of many in the European Union by challenging the EU’s pervasive secularism. Many of their older countrymen feared that such ideals would erode Poland’s unique identity and its long association with the Roman Catholic church.



A devout Catholic himself who publicly thanked Rome for its support of the Solidarity movement, Lech and his brother strongly opposed abortion. In a break from Catholic teaching, they also campaigned for a return of the death penalty, and made clear that their political and moral stances wouldn’t be swayed by the carrot of EU funding. While socially conservative, they espoused socialist economic policies.