Russia has always exerted their influence this way. This method became particularly prominent in the communist era. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot
Source: I’m a Pole and my grandfather was Lt Col of the Security Service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Service_(Poland)
He told me useful idiots were a lot better in disseminating propaganda than dedicated agents or the illegals.
I think this goes well beyond gullibility
This is the only comment here that recognizes the real problem instead of resorting to childish name calling
I just regained some respect for this country
Yup, you have to be childishly naive to believe the Israelis were surprised. It just perfectly played into their hand.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-attack-intelligence.html
At this point if you treat anything they say seriously it speaks volumes about you.
Bark bark bark
People in the comments attacking AfD voters as racists and rightly. However, no one wakes up one day and decide to be a racist from now on. There are reasons why these extremists gain political support and they draw it from a pool of people of which some wouldn’t even consider voting for them a few years ago. This shift reflects a social sentiment that everyone seems to be ignoring.
I’m disappointed so many people give credence to the Guardian. They have abysmal track record in reporting on topics they don’t have expertise in or subjects they ideologically disagree with.
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Given how Ursula and others unconditionally bend over for them I think that’s not going to happen.
I’m getting down-voted for suggesting border protection is a nuanced issue. What a reddit moment.
I still think there are scenarios where brutal is the right way. For Poland, Russia is an existential threat. What they’ve been doing for a while is piggybacking on the increased immigrant traffic between Belarus and Poland and inject their people to stir shit and makes things worse. If Poland indiscriminately let every undocumented immigrant in we’d be at risk of serious internal issues, sabotages, espionage etc. I will probably get down-voted into oblivion for this opinion but it’s 2024 so maybe I’m stuck in the 80s mentally.
https://www.politico.eu/article/polish-soldier-dies-after-clash-with-migrants-on-belarus-border/
There was a large group of Chechen men who didn’t really look like they were fleeing from anything. All big dudes with evident military backgrounds. It’s just scary when you have a neighbour like this.
I’m 45yo, grew up in Poland. I will never forget walking with my father near Polish-Czechoslovakian border when he said to not get too close to the border or I get shot. No one thought it was racist or bigoted to defend your borders against people who try to cross it illegally. It’s interesting how drastically this has changed. I still can’t say if it’s for the better or worse because both approaches have risks and benefits.
lol getting down-voted for pointing directly to BKA’s report. The cope intensifies
Uk, then just read this. It’s straight from BKA
As stated previously the source of data is BKA. Here’s an example for 2022 that shows exactly what the GPT summary did.
ChatGPT doesn’t make up data out of thin air. All crime statistics used are from the BKA. Here’s the rest of stats normalized by the population size
With Russia it’s very simple. You just need to take the opposite of everything they are saying
As a Pole, this is only a small sample of what Russians are capable of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre
They don’t belong in civilised world