This is, of course, support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. We can discuss our Polish-Ukrainian relations, but no one can have any doubt that supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia is our own security. We are doing this for ourselves, for Polish women and men, for no one else. Neighbors, allies. You know these forces, these political parties, these politicians who want to convince Poland and the Poles that our main problem is Europe, that our enemy is Ukraine, that the European Union is unnecessary, and that Germany is our greatest enemy. Somehow they forget about Russia, about the neighbor, the dangerous neighbor waging war just beyond our borders, and sometimes that war also crosses into our borders. We cannot allow betrayal, stupidity, and dirty interests to weaken our defense and our security. Today I call on all politicians. They are often the loudest shouting "Poland," raising their arms to God, invoking honor, yet it is precisely they who most often lead to serious problems and sometimes to defeats. Some end up somewhere in Belarus or in Transnistria, but we must put an end to this bad policy of certain politicians and parties here in Poland, precisely for the sake of security.
But one thing has not changed: the threat has not changed. The threat still comes from the same direction, from the neo-imperial Russian Federation. 106 years ago, we would have said from the Bolsheviks. One could today quote the words of the late President Lech Kaczyński. At the time, dear ladies and gentlemen, they were prophetic, but I do not want to quote President Kaczyński. I want to use a travesty of his words, so that we and our wonderful allies from the North Atlantic Alliance, whose ministers and attachés I so warmly welcome today in Warsaw, might understand the moment we are in. Paraphrasing the words of President Lech Kaczyński, we can say: "Once Georgia, today Ukraine, tomorrow perhaps the Baltic states and my Polish homeland, and perhaps one day Berlin and Paris and all of Western Europe." That is why today, with responsibility for Europe, for the North Atlantic Alliance, and for the Polish soldier, we must do everything to win the Battle of Warsaw of the 20th century without war. Today Poland, in the negotiations over American bases, over a permanent American base, shows this best, because this is no longer a position that asks for something. This is joint action, this is a common strategy, this is allied loyalty proven above all by the soldiers of the Polish Armed Forces.
This is, of course, support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. We can discuss our Polish-Ukrainian relations, but no one can have any doubt that supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia is our own security. We are doing this for ourselves, for Polish women and men, for no one else. Neighbors, allies. You know these forces, these political parties, these politicians who want to convince Poland and the Poles that our main problem is Europe, that our enemy is Ukraine, that the European Union is unnecessary, and that Germany is our greatest enemy. Somehow they forget about Russia, about the neighbor, the dangerous neighbor waging war just beyond our borders, and sometimes that war also crosses into our borders. We cannot allow betrayal, stupidity, and dirty interests to weaken our defense and our security. Today I call on all politicians. They are often the loudest shouting "Poland," raising their arms to God, invoking honor, yet it is precisely they who most often lead to serious problems and sometimes to defeats. Some end up somewhere in Belarus or in Transnistria, but we must put an end to this bad policy of certain politicians and parties here in Poland, precisely for the sake of security.
But one thing has not changed: the threat has not changed. The threat still comes from the same direction, from the neo-imperial Russian Federation. 106 years ago, we would have said from the Bolsheviks. One could today quote the words of the late President Lech Kaczyński. At the time, dear ladies and gentlemen, they were prophetic, but I do not want to quote President Kaczyński. I want to use a travesty of his words, so that we and our wonderful allies from the North Atlantic Alliance, whose ministers and attachés I so warmly welcome today in Warsaw, might understand the moment we are in. Paraphrasing the words of President Lech Kaczyński, we can say: "Once Georgia, today Ukraine, tomorrow perhaps the Baltic states and my Polish homeland, and perhaps one day Berlin and Paris and all of Western Europe." That is why today, with responsibility for Europe, for the North Atlantic Alliance, and for the Polish soldier, we must do everything to win the Battle of Warsaw of the 20th century without war. Today Poland, in the negotiations over American bases, over a permanent American base, shows this best, because this is no longer a position that asks for something. This is joint action, this is a common strategy, this is allied loyalty proven above all by the soldiers of the Polish Armed Forces.
This is, of course, support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. We can discuss our Polish-Ukrainian relations, but no one can have any doubt that supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia is our own security. We are doing this for ourselves, for Polish women and men, for no one else. Neighbors, allies. You know these forces, these political parties, these politicians who want to convince Poland and the Poles that our main problem is Europe, that our enemy is Ukraine, that the European Union is unnecessary, and that Germany is our greatest enemy. Somehow they forget about Russia, about the neighbor, the dangerous neighbor waging war just beyond our borders, and sometimes that war also crosses into our borders. We cannot allow betrayal, stupidity, and dirty interests to weaken our defense and our security. Today I call on all politicians. They are often the loudest shouting "Poland," raising their arms to God, invoking honor, yet it is precisely they who most often lead to serious problems and sometimes to defeats. Some end up somewhere in Belarus or in Transnistria, but we must put an end to this bad policy of certain politicians and parties here in Poland, precisely for the sake of security.
But one thing has not changed: the threat has not changed. The threat still comes from the same direction, from the neo-imperial Russian Federation. 106 years ago, we would have said from the Bolsheviks. One could today quote the words of the late President Lech Kaczyński.
