Obama & Poland Shaky Start

Relations between Warsaw and Washington’s president-elect have got off to a shaky start this week, following a double political whammy from President Lech Kaczynski and PiS backbencher Artur Gorski.

On Saturday, a statement appeared on the president’s website saying that in a telephone conversation on Friday evening between him and Barack Obama, the president-elect had “Expressed hope in the continuation of political and military cooperation between our countries. He also said that the missile defence project would continue.”

Obama’s foreign policy adviser, Denis McDonough, promptly denied this, saying that no pledge had been made. He said that there had been “a good conversation” with Kaczynski about the American-Polish alliance and missile defence, but “Obama made no commitment on it.”

On the other hand Secretary of State to be Hillary Clinton [Hillary tells Poland what to do] throws her weight around in regards to Poland's foreign and domestic policy. Poland getting the shaft again? Sure looks like it to me.

Cousins in Gdynia are not too pleased with the overwhilming support by Polish-Americans voting in the Obama/Biden team. Also don't understand Obama hiding his birth certificate. Obama visited Pakistan in 1981 when U.S. citizens were banned from traveling there (it's in his book). Obviously he had an Indonesian passport. And, the only way you can get a passport is to be a citizen of the issuing country.

Poland's eastern border is viewed as a flash-point by some familar with the situation.

Source: New Warsaw Express