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Not the West's finest moment (lemmy.world)

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I read that entire first article and nowhere does it claim the Polish people thought that the West sold them to Soviets.

Clearly you didn't read it thoroughly enough. Early on in that first article:

For Poles, Balts, and many others in Central Europe, Yalta means a betrayal of their countries and the United States’ abandonment of its core values on the altar of Great Power politics; they (and Ukrainians) fear the United States will be tempted by a “second Yalta” in which Washington and Moscow make deals at their expense.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The author is talking for Poles without showing that's actually what Poles said.

It would be like saying "For French partisans, Yalta meant a betrayal by Soviets."

I claim a majority of Poles did not like Soviet rule but did not blame America because it was out of America's control.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

The author is talking for Poles without showing that’s actually what Poles said.

Then you admit that it did claim that the Polish people thought the West sold them to the Soviets, contrary to what you said.

But hey, here, have the Polish PM in exile's own words:

“(…) the decisions made by the ‘Big Three’ were prepared and taken not only without the involvement of the Polish Government, but also without its knowing. This kind of behavior in relation to Poland is not only a denial of elementary principles which apply to allies, but it is an unquestionable violation of the letter and spirit of the Atlantic Charter and the right of everyone to defend his own interests. For this reason, the decisions taken at the Conference cannot be recognized by the Polish Government and cannot be binding upon the Polish Nation. The Polish Nation sees the detachment of the eastern lands by imposing the so-called Curzon Line as the Polish-Soviet border as a new partition of Poland, this time by Polish allies.”