'I have decided not to sign the law that would allow Poland to take out the so-called SAFE loan. I will never sign a law that undermines our sovereignty, our independence, as well as our economic and military security,' President Karol Nawrocki said in a televised address on Thursday.
He’s a боль in the ass.
From a stateist perspective with the broadly know state of the Polish army rejecting any source of finance for it is borderline treason. And his sode basically claims the problem is that we have to necesarly buy american equipment. Which they did when in goverment underminding long term programs and getting less for more, so now we have unarmed helicopters and tanks we cant roll through half of the local land features.
The German and American tanks? Wasn’t it a conscious decision to have stronger tanks where possible?
This is about Abrams spefically. A lot of oir infrastructure is not adjusted to their size and weight, and they might not be the best option for the local marches, swamps and thick forrests which is all of Polands east (plus some mountines to the south). Its a tank for open plains.
My interpretation was that they are an insurance against another German attack. It sounds a bit unreasonable but I think it allows them to focus on the east.