How Times Change

There was a time when other countries were saying exactly the same thing.

Germany’s Defence Minister has pledged support for Poland in the event the NATO member’s eastern border comes under attack from Belarus or Russia.

On Friday, Minister Boris Pistorius indicated in Prague that Germany and NATO are prepared to assist Poland in securing its eastern flank.

Mr Pistorius emphasised that if Poland wants assistance, it will receive it since they are trusted NATO members.

He said: “Where the Polish partners need support, they will receive it.

I dunno, as I say, how times change. What is it they say? History dosen’t repeat itself, but it does echo.

3 Comments

  1. History dosen’t repeat itself, but it does echo.

    I thought it was
    History dosen’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.

    Either works.

  2. Never understood that “history rhymes” thing.
    Unless it is because so many events ended in “war”.
    As for NATO /OTAN nations supporting each other in the event of invasion, well don’t expect the Kermits to join the Rosbifs on the Kent coast to repel the boarders.I
    Somewhere inside the Kremlin there is a private viewing theatre where Mr Putin and a few guests go to watch recordings of the antics and utterances of the pollies of the “West”.
    A medic has to be on hand to suture and bind abdominal hernias.

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