Well, fortunately, Poland doesn't really have militant nationalists, at least not in power. The most right-wing party (which the president came from) advocated that Poland should play tought with Russia, but they were not, you know...batshit crazy.Einzige wrote: It probably wouldn't, at least in and of itself. But people are irrational; if this becomes a sticking point for militant nationalists, it might contribute to ill-feeling towards Russia.
Some people will cry foul, of course: they did when Kaczynski's convoy was attacked in Georgia. Truth is, Russia doesn't need an incident like that, especially since Kaczynski was already on his way out. But why the hell would they want to do something like that? There's nothing to gain. Kaczynski annoyed them, but they just dealth directly with Tusk instead.
No, no, you misunderstood the situation: originally, there was supposed to be just one ceremony, with Putin and Tusk (the Polish Prime Minister) in attendance.eion wrote: At least they had the good sense to send the PM and his staff on a separate plane. Thank god for government contingency planners. If there’s one thing governments do well it’s paying people to sit in dark back-rooms and think up the most unlikely and unthinkable scenarios and come up with what to do if they happen.
However, the opposition and the president whined and bitched and hollered, so the Russians decided to organize a second ceremony, which was to be attended by Kaczynski and Medvyedyev (goddamn, I still have trouble spelling his name).
The crash happened with the delegation that was supposed to attend that second ceremony. The PM was back in poland for a day now.
