Aleksander Kwasniewski
Aleksander Kwasniewski
Aleksander Kwaśniewski; born 15 November 1954) is a Polish politician and journalist. He served as the President of Poland from 1995 to 2005. He was born in Białogard, and during communist rule he was active in the Socialist Union of Polish Students and was the Minister for Sport in the communist government in the 1980s. After the fall of communism he became a leader of the left-wing Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland, successor to the former ruling Polish...
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war believe winning
In the wake of winning the war, Poland wants to help win peace with Iraq. I believe that the international community cannot leave Iraq without support.
compassion suffering faces
Righteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering.
years president different
My message to the Americans, to the American President, is that I am coming from Poland, which is in good shape; it is much different than ten years ago when last state visit from Poland was here in the United States.
fighting tough economy
And still the time, especially in the economy, is very tough, very difficult. It's necessary to be active still, to work, to fight, to make our economy more competitive.
country strong hymns
We are a strong democratic country.
friendship important want
And we want to develop our strategy to partnership and friendship with the United States, which is connected with a very rich history but what is very important for our future.
thinking iraq mass-destruction
I personally think that today, Iraq without Saddam Hussein is a truly better Iraq than with Saddam Hussein, but naturally I also feel uncomfortable due to the fact that we were misled with the information on weapons of mass destruction.
country mean responsibility
And I think to be in NATO for the countries of our region, it means more guarantees for us, it means more responsibility for our common security, but it means fulfillment of all standards of civilized world, like protection of human rights and democratic mechanisms.
decision doors full happy membership nato poland ready satisfied waited
We are very happy with the decision of today. Poland waited so long and now the doors to full NATO membership are open. We are very satisfied and we are ready to go forward.
informed plane president
No president is informed if some plane lands,
absolutely accepted against context created crimes guilty hope human institute mechanisms message modern played pointing rights role showing simon societies vital
Simon Wiesenthal and the institute he created played an absolutely vital role in showing the mechanisms of the Holocaust, pointing to those guilty of this genocide, ... I hope that this message will be universally accepted by politicians, societies and not just in the context of the Holocaust, but all crimes against human rights which take place in the modern world.
dramatic face nato necessary reasons regional solve
So I think that is one of the reasons we can face some regional problems, which are very difficult, very dramatic and is necessary to have instruments to solve these problems. NATO is such instrument.
answer latest morning night parties prime question start talks tuesday victorious wednesday
On Tuesday night or Wednesday morning at the latest we could start talks with the victorious parties and answer a question who should become the prime minister,
europe extremely thousand time
And what is politically extremely important, Europe can be united, the first time in the history, after a thousand... more than a thousand years.