It seems Poland will be pulling out.

1. bush was visibly proud of his ability to correctly pronounce the president’s name and to assign the correct leader to the correct country. this is a demonstration of his general idiocy.

2. bush is so desperate to show that he has allies that he will even mention allies that everybody knows don’t really count. (this kind of implication was also present in the 9/11 movie, that the non-english speaking allies were only backwards countries who didn’t even have real weapons or troops to commit).

while i’m happy about anything that makes bush look bad, at this point, i’m nevertheless not too crazy about the second kind of spin. the government here (and i think in poland too) went against the overwhelming majority in committing any support to this iraq mess, and it doesn’t not matter.

also: countries that supported the U.S. in this were promised goodies, like construction contracts, that aren’t materializing. eeksy is a better voice from the ground, but… you know? if we’re going to talk about who “forgot poland” i think most poles would say that bush has.

And no one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition…