Deranged Rhino Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Poland woke up today (Dec. 18) to news that officials from the country’s new right-wing government tried to enter NATO-affiliated counter-intelligence offices in Warsaw after midnight, using a copied key and accompanied by military police, in order to replace the head of the office. “Perhaps in the entire history of NATO it hasn’t happened that a member state attacked a NATO facility,” Tomasz Siemioniak, former minister of defense, currently member of the political opposition, told reporters. The opposition, as well as pundits and journalists, are concerned that the move is part of a campaign by the new Law and Justice government to staff official posts with people loyal to the party. Siemioniak called the night-time takeover an “absolute scandal.” http://qz.com/577452/polands-new-government-raided-nato-counter-intelligence-offices-in-the-middle-of-the-night/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 !@#$ing Polacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 A differing opinion. "I believe it has never happened in the history of NATO that a member state attacked a NATO outpost," said Tomasz Siemoniak, who was defense minister in Poland's previous centrist government. That proved to be an overstatement. "This is an issue for the Polish authorities," said a NATO official in Brussels, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to make public statements. "The Counter Intelligence Center of Excellence in Poland has not yet been accredited by NATO," he said. The official said NATO centers of excellence are "are international research centers, which are nationally or multi-nationally funded and staffed, and work alongside the alliance, but they are not NATO bodies." The one in Warsaw is being jointly organized by Poland and Slovakia and is to be based in Krakow, in southern Poland. http://www.startribune.com/poland-changes-leadership-of-nato-affiliate-in-night-raid/362936761/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 If they throw grenades, we'll just pull the pins and throw them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 If they throw grenades, we'll just pull the pins and throw them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 If they throw grenades, we'll just pull the pins and throw them back. Don't they throw the pins and hold the grenades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Don't they throw the pins and hold the grenades? Good grief, man - if they did that, there'd have been none left after WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 At least they didn't attack an Abrams with a horse this time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 If they throw grenades, we'll just pull the pins and throw them back. Horrible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 At least they didn't attack an Abrams with a horse this time... They didn't last time. They charged an infantry battalion (with a mixed cavalry-tank force), routed it, were caught in the flank with cannon fire, and retreated. No panzers in the area. Or lances, for that matter - cavalry was armed with light infantry and anti-tank weapons, not big-ass spears. And by the way...American cavalry was still mounted in 1942 - the last American cavalry charge was April of that year, in fact. Sorry, I hate that myth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 They didn't last time. They charged an infantry battalion (with a mixed cavalry-tank force), routed it, were caught in the flank with cannon fire, and retreated. No panzers in the area. Or lances, for that matter - cavalry was armed with light infantry and anti-tank weapons, not big-ass spears. And by the way...American cavalry was still mounted in 1942 - the last American cavalry charge was April of that year, in fact. Sorry, I hate that myth. Big debate in the army about cavalry at that time. Same way in the navy between battleships and air craft carriers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Big debate in the army about cavalry at that time. Same way in the navy between battleships and air craft carriers. Wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Wrong. ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 ok When I finish my book on the subject, you can read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 Wrong. Shocking no one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 When I finish my book on the subject, you can read it. Better yet, can you put some illustrations in it just for gator? Oh, and make sure that the lines are extra thick so he has a better chance of not coloring outside of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 They were just trying to change the lightbulb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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