Polish elections' debate.

Do you know we're going to be one of the last and one of the most numerous (forces) in Iraq?" Tusk said to Kaczynski. "You say we've gained a lot from our ties with the U.S., but you don't name a thing. Where are the visas, where are the business deals?"

Kaczynski, a strong supporter of the close ties with the U.S., countered that Poland has in fact strengthened its friendship with Washington, and should stick in out in Iraq.

"Once you go in and are already there, desertion is the worst and the stupidest solution," Kaczynski said. "We have gained a lot from the United States. We became a noted country. Today, that is the one country that in a pinch _ and that's happened before _ can help us, and we need that kind of alliance."

"Poles in their entire history were never deserters, were never cowards."

Read the MSNBC article here.

I watched the debate on Polish TV. My Polish is very, very weak, but Kaczynski's message re Iraq and Poland's relationship to the US came across with force and -in my humble opinion- quite well.

In my limited knowledge of Polish politics, I think the Tusk-Kaczynski debate represents the "intelligentsia's" approach to politics versus the "grassroots" approach.

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