65 anniversary of Katyn massacre

[G. Warrener]

Poland has bad neighbours and weak friends. Katyn was a Soviet war-crime which has gone unpunished.

Both Russia (sic USSR) and Germany (sic Nazi) regarded Poles as a problem rather than a nation. Both Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany wanted to extinguish the Polish nation - Polish culture - even the langauge. Between 1939 and 1945 they did their utmost to do so. They failed. After 1945 the Soviets saw Poland only as a buffer-zone between them and NATO. Silly Soviets!

President Putin is no golden boy. Poland is stronger than President Putin. One thousand years from now people will still be speaking Polish - but hardly anyone will know who President Putin was.

But not all Russians wake up hating Poles - presumably the reverse also applies.

I have seen some pretty gruesome images from the 1920's & 1940's conflicts. Nothing changes on this earth - that's the way it is down here.

But down here is not 'omega'.........

Graham