Poland aims to split Ukraine to push Russia aside - 03/21/2005 13:12
Poland wishes to become Ukraine's lobbyist in the European Union
It is an open secret that Poland played a very active part during
the political crisis in Ukraine. Polish President Aleksander
Kwasniewski was spending days and nights in Kiev watching the
situation. The Polish administration contributed a lot to the long
process, which eventually ended up with three election rounds. The
Ukrainian events allowed Warsaw to demonstrate its political potential
to the EU and the USA. Poland is obviously claiming to become an
informal leader of East European states.
Despite its active role during the ?orange revolution� in Ukraine,
the Polish administration will have to spend much energy to
substantiate its position. In the meantime, Poland is experiencing
great problems with that: the unemployment level is about to reach 19
percent in the country. Needless to say that it is rather difficult to
fulfill political and economic ambition if it hardly has any grounds.
What advantages does Poland want to gain from the Ukrainian events?
Does it want to take Moscow's place, or become Ukraine's lobbyist in
the European Union? It brings up the idea that Poland would like to
share the art of democratic governing with Ukraine.
The political crisis in Ukraine stirred up chauvinistic sentiments
among certain representatives of political, public and scientific
circles. The abstract article written by Marian Kalusky, a Polish
historian, can be a bright example of that. The article was published
in Wirtualna Polonia at the end of February.
Mr. Kalusky lives very far both from Poland and Ukraine v he resides
in Australia. However, his argumentation perfectly exemplifies the
psychology of a common provincial, proud but offended Polish citizen.
The Polish historian sees the crafty designs of the enemy everywhere:
Russia as an ?imperialist state,� the USA, which always uses Poland as
a cover, and even Ukraine. It does not seem to be really surprising,
though: Poland has been suffering from ongoing attacks of Ukrainian
nationalists.
The powerful intellect of the Australian Polish citizen found a way
to solve the problem: Poland must follow its national interests first
and foremost. The Polish government, the historian believes, should
support the division of Ukraine into Russian-speaking and the
Ukrainian-speaking parts. Russia may take the Russian part, whereas
the second part is supposed to become a buffer state to protect Europe
from the Russian imperialism.
This is definitely a nonsensical opinion. However, this nonsense is
being publicly exposed. Moreover, it finds a lot of followers too:
opinion polls say that the majority of Polish citizens have a certain
dislike against Russians and Ukrainians.
It is noteworthy that some Polish figures were amazed with Marian
Kalusky's article. They immediately believed that the historian was an
agent of the Federal Security Bureau.
Vasily Bubnov
Pravda.Ru
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