this staff is extremely interesting and valuable for understandings of important historical events and last days of Pope John Paul II. Judging by the article, we maybe can say that one of last missions of Pope John Paul II, first Slavic and Polish Pope, was to try to do something for Racowie.
I would remind you what i said in some earlier occations, that Vatican foreign policy was/is under strong German influence (having in mind that Vatican was manipulated by Germany when that country cut political dialogue in former Yugoslavia and pushed Yugoslavs in bloody Civil War). I still believe so but, if this article represent facts, we clearly see that head of Vatican - Pope John Paul II, tried to redirect Vatican`s foreign policy and to deflect from NATO (read German) war path. Pope did his best to prevent bombardement of Yugoslavia (Serbia) in 1999 and even to stop it. When John Paul II sow that he can`t stop NATO machinery, he at least wanted Poland out of it. Let His eternal soul rest in peace.
Even more, from article, we can learn that official Poland didn`t betray only Serbians and Polish `political tradition` regarding Balkan but, suggestions of Pope John Paul II himself. Is it possible (i say, yes it`s possible; its on the line of Jan Sobieski and Wladyslaw Warnenczyk, after all- on the line of Our Lord Jesus Christ) that Pope John Paul II tried to support Serbians but was succesfully (if?!) hijacked by NATO (German/Turkish plans for Balkan and NATO/USA as their tool) and by politicians of his own beloved Poland? If so, i must ask, again - Who rules Poland if even Pope John Paul II was hijacked???
Let`s investigate. Shell we...?
Eastern Europe After Kosovo
Splintered Unity: Polish Politics and the Crisis
Konstanty Gebert
http://www.law.nyu.edu/eecr/vol8num3/feature/splintered.html
fragments from article:
The timing could not have been better. The Belgrade agreement, which put an end to the war against Yugoslavia, was signed just two days before Pope John Paul II arrived in Poland. The Pope had been publicly, though indirectly, critical of the war, and the government must have feared that he might express his position again, from Polish soil, just as the government would be reiterating its support for the air campaign. Though there were some hiccups before the final deal was struck, a relieved Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek told former president Lech Walesa, just before the start of the Papal Mass: The NATO air raids on Yugoslavia were called off six hours ago. This is a good sign, especially with the Holy Father in Poland. Prayers were surely answered.
The credibility of NATO's critics was somewhat undermined in mid-May, when Ikonowicz and SierakowskaÑacting against the explicit instructions of their party undertook a fact-finding mission to Belgrade and the refugee camps in Macedonia, returning with a full condemnation of both the raids and their rationale. Ikonowicz reported that he had failed to find any eyewitnesses to Serb atrocities among Albanian refugees, while according to himÑrefugees said that they had fled not the Serb army but the KLA and NATO bombs. The two DLA MPs were criticized for falling prey to Serb propaganda and undermining Poland's credibility as a NATO ally.
Parliamentary debate over the initiative was scheduled for June 17, just after the planned conclusion of the Pope's visit. But the negotiated end of the war, on June 10, eliminated the need for it.
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