Truth be told, all that Poland has to do to resolve this crisis is resort to lethal force instead of relying on the shields and spray that its border guards currently use to rebuff these attempted invasions, with the death of just several weapon-wielding illegal immigrants being enough to deter most of the rest from crossing.
China already has the world’s largest navy by the US’ own admission, while the US itself has a sizeable number of air, land, and sea forces in Japan, South Korea, and increasingly in the nearby Philippines.
At the absolute most, this aid package might prevent Ukraine’s collapse by keeping the state running and possibly slowing down Russia’s already glacial advance, thus potentially averting the worst-case scenario that the Ukrainian Intelligence Committee warned about in late February
It's important for readers to remember that the root cause of the Polish-Ukrainian dispute that’s toxifying mutual perceptions is majority-foreign ownership of Ukraine’s industrial agriculture, which Polish President Andrzej Duda drew attention to in a recent interview
Regardless of which geopolitical vision wins out, the fact of the matter is that Poland is destined to play a role in “containing” Russia, the goal of which is shared by both partisan camps but differs in terms of how it’s implemented and how much autonomy Poland preserves.
The next few days will be crucial. Israel’s possible compliance with the US’ reported demand to not conventionally retaliate inside Iran would suggest that a semblance of deterrence has indeed been restored
As for why Zelensky would want to rankle Biden and risk Trump’s return, he might have a “god complex” after being promoted so heavily as a Churchillian leader over the past two years, which could have become part of his identity despite the media souring on him since last summer.
Without actionable intelligence and informed only of the US’ vague warning that large gatherings like concerts could soon be targeted, his security services were unable to stop the plotters
