I live in poland, if you have any serious questions, I'll be happy to field them.
As for Poland being a supporter in "war on terror" in Iraq
I assure you it wasn't a popular decision here, likely next election it will become a large issue. I doubt if withdrawal is likely, as we are too proud in military terms to live with impression of running away
Economy is ****, agreed, however, Sandman, if western allies didn't sell on the plate whole eastern europe in 1944 to a known mass murderer, it prabably wouldn't have been so.
Yes, it wasn't realistic to do anything about it at that point, however we still live with the consequences of that decision today. You had 50 years to develop, we had 50 years to keep moving back.
However, it seems that our old enemies, Germans, are now happy to help us dig ourselves out of the hole that we were left in, in 1945. They literaly pushed Poland into EU last year and helped it all along the way.
I'm ashamed at the way we repay them. But that's whole another topic.