The main and most likely most crucial event of August 2025 in Poland was the speech of the president of Poland during the Polish Military Festival. In this emotional speech of Karol Nawrocki, the head of the Polish armed forces, the president, as head of state for the main enemy of Poland nominated Russia.
He besides confirmed Poland's crucial participation in the armed conflict in Ukraine and defined the future function of Poland in NATO as the leading armed force in Europe, at the expense of Polish GDP, at the expense of the Polish taxpayer.
Permanent threat?
‘Russia is, of course, a constant threat and that may not change. But I will consistently repeat that besides history, and national memory, and our modernisation efforts must let us to think that we are ready to build our potential; and we can feel secure, and our main enemy is not invincible. Yes, Russia is not invincible. She lost at the beginning of the 20th century to Japan; she was broken up by Poles in 1920, and present has been crammed for over 3 years after her attack on Ukraine. Thanks to the support of the alliance and solidarity of the nations of freedom, including – and in any moments above all Poland” – he said. An crucial political consensus in this speech was stated that "The Baltic Sea has actually become the interior sea of the North Atlantic Alliance".
The president besides said "we should not be the third, but the first, the strongest army of the North Atlantic Alliance in Europe. And that is what I will pursue, as president of Poland, for the coming years. (...) Therefore, I will explicitly request the end of talks and the decision to allocate 5% of Polish GDP to defence. This has to happen and it has to happen as shortly as possible. I am, of course, ready to engage in our half a million army direction if we are ready to do so. (...) All this so that we can feel safe”.
Fight without a chance? It's normal.
‘The large triumph of Poles from 1920 over Bolsheviks left us, modern Poles, a beautiful, crucial lesson, a evidence and a deep heritage that we must read. all year, on 15 August, in us, in the modern Polish nation, the spirit of winners is born, the spirit of a arrogant nation, ready to fight for the most crucial values for us, regardless of the chance to win” He said. In this speech, he was stressed first "the spirit of a nation ready to fight, regardless of their chances of victory". Ergo characterized by a deficiency of cool balance of opportunity, a cardinal deficiency of cold realism erstwhile making crucial decisions resulting in risky consequences for the nation. For Poland and Poles. Known for his past erstwhile making decisions about Polish uprisings mostly bloodyly suppressed. The full nation is simply a charante and a hostage to political decisions, both in the past and now in the 21st century.
A Common Move
The proverbial cherry on the cake in uncommon Karol Nawrocki, was a superb reminder of the crucial function of Polish spontaneous ‘common start’which in his opinion saved not only Poland! "And August itself is simply a very peculiar period in our national memory, due to the fact that in 1920 we won with Soviet, Bolshevik anti-civilization. For Poland, for Europe, for the planet it was a victory” – he said. For to fight the Bolsheviks there was a common move! “Polish peasants stood alongside them Polish students, scouts and patriots. There were professional soldiers who had already won independency in 1918 and fought in 1920, alongside them volunteers, young people with love for Poland and with freedom in their hearts. This is simply a lesson we all gotta take today" He said.
The army fell
How the Polish Army is presently functioning is described in the book Edits of FodderArmy in ruin (Publication:Red-Black,Warsaw 2024). "The light of this book should seriously disturb us. We are a front country, and high-ranking officers justice the condition of the Polish army as disastrous. For 8 years we have been fed a propaganda of success by Macerewicz and Błaszczak about a 3 100 thousandth army, equipping the army with state-of-the-art equipment. The author, the best military expert among journalists, said: "Checking. Thanks to her unique contacts, she reached respective twelve generals, commanders, employees of the National safety Bureau, co-workers of the President. Everyone says 1 thing: during his reign, the PiS destroyed the military. And they set an example. Name after name’ – read in the book description.
“Buy, gentlemen!”
Plans by president Nawrocki, how to grow the Polish Army to a half-millionth army, along with pyramidal orders of equipment for it and mentioned in the speech Constitution for the safety of the Republic of PolandThey will not fulfill their hopes. They will be of no use, without fundamental changes within the Polish Army. However, as regards the function of the Polish Army in the NATO structure, it is due to the decision of the American president Donald Trump, which shifts the cost of war across our east border to the EU. Currently, Ukraine is moving out of human resources essential for its continuation. EU countries, with tiny exceptions (Hungary and Slovakia), want to proceed this war as a "coal of the willing". Until the triumph with Russia. Without respect to the experiences of Napoleon and Hitler. So, there is simply a request for individual to usage the spirit of a arrogant nation ready to fight, regardless of their chances of victory.
On the another hand, erstwhile Poles come to what, as in the past, they will defend a common decision as president Karol Nawrocki rightly noted. As Onufry utilized to say, "Buy, gentlemen! Poo!!”.
Eugeniusz Zinkiewicz
