Poland wants 'normal' Russia ties despite Georgia conflict - They are scared they are next

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Warsaw - Poland wants normal ties with Russia despite condemning Moscow for the armed conflict in breakaway regions of Georgia, Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said in remarks published Monday. "We still want normal relations with the Russian Federation and, acting in a European context, we show that we are a serious and reliable partner," Sikorski told the daily Dziennik.

A planned visit to Poland by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov "is important to us because there are shortcomings in Polish-Russian relations that we want to make up for," Sikorski said.

Lavrov and Sikorski reportedly plan to meet in September. Polish media say the agenda includes the Russian-controlled Strait of Baltiysk, a waterway that Russia blocked in 2006 for Polish vessels that is the only sea route to a Polish port. snip

Tensions are high between Russia and Poland over elements of a proposed US anti-missile shield to be placed on Polish soil. Russia suspects the shield could be used against it, despite US claims the system is meant for protection against "rogue states" like Iran.

Russia isn't likely to send troops across that border.

What are we going to do about it if they did? Whine about it? Thats about all we could do.

Don

Facing such an outside threat, they would pull together. Their industrial base and population dwarf Russia's, their scientific and technological abilities are of the first rank, and while they haven't built up their military power that much in general, the member countries have shown the ability to do so quickly in the past.

Russia does not want a unified, armed, militant EU.

For that matter, neither does the US. If that were to happen, the race for world domination would quickly come to be between China and the EU, with India and Russia struggling to keep up (and failing, in Russia's case), and the US fading into irrelevancy.

to switch over to an industrial base focused on military weapons. Russia would swarm Europe before they could crank out their first Mauser.