Word: sikorski
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...Poland, former Defense Minister Radek Sikorski, once a strong supporter of close ties with America, recently denounced the missile defense initiative, writing, "If the Bush administration expects Poles and Czechs to jump for joy and agree to whatever is proposed, it's going to face a mighty crash with reality. The administration might have gotten away with this five years ago, when the memory of Ronald Reagan's steadfast support for our freedom fighters had just been bolstered by American advocacy of NATO enlarge... But the war in Iraq has dented Central European trust." Many Poles are also upset...
...Force [ISAF ] ranges from secondary to symbolic. At Tuesday night's dinner with other NATO leaders, U.S. President George W. Bush is likely to take up the demands of ISAF commander General David Richards that national governments loosen the strings. He will get support from Polish Defense Minister Radek Sikorski, who told TIME: "What is the use of having the troops there if you can't use them when they are needed...
...world's industrial democracies." Reunification Other neighbors are uncomfortable, too. Russia and Germany agreed in the final days of Gerhard Schröder's Chancellorship to build a pipeline bypassing Poland - thus making it possible to turn off energy supplies to Poland without affecting Germany. Polish Defense Minister Radek Sikorski likened the deal to the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact carving up his country on the eve of World War II. He was more diplomatic in an interview with Time last week, saying: "I'm glad Russia has put energy security on the agenda of the G-8. It's a crucial...