Word: polisher
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sympathy goes out to the people of Poland. Nevertheless, the Poles brought this upon themselves and must suffer the consequences. In the short time that Solidarity has been in existence, it has gained much for its people, considering the circumstances. Unfortunately, the union gave the Polish government too little room to maneuver in without arousing Soviet apprehension. Although human rights should not be begged and bar gained for, they aren't prizes to be won overnight either. Now Solidarity may have lost...
...Polish leaders getting all excited? The people are only following the Marxist motto "Workers of the world unite...
TIME has learned that one factor in decision making at the White House was an intelligence report, received before the imposition of martial law in Poland, that the Soviet Union intended to use General Wojciech Jaruzelski to break the back of the independent Polish trade union movement, Solidarity, and to restore order to both the country and Poland's Communist Party. Jaruzelski, so the report went, might be replaced as First Secretary of the party with a reliably pro-Soviet politician. The report cited martial law as one probable option that Jaruzelski might use to restore the party...
...chief White House adviser denied reports that the Polish crisis had played a major role in Reagan's decision. He said the president had changed his mind after receiving the recommendations of a special Pentagon manpower commission, as well as revised statistics showing that registration would save six weeks during a prospective mobilization...
...addition, Lynn criticized the president's apparent justification for his decision, charging. "Since President Reagan said it was an empty gesture in response to Afghanistan, it's an equally meaningless response to the Polish crisis...