Re: [Marxism] Krystian Zimeran: Pianist won't play again in the US

[Eli Stephens <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

But what did Zimerman *mean* when he said "Get your hands off my country"? As I 
wrote on my blog (http://lefti.blogspot.com/2009/04/us-outof-poland.html):

But what did he mean? Readers of the L.A. Times would have no idea. The U.S. 
isn't occupying Poland, is it? Readers of The Guardian, however, got the full 
explanation:

Zimerman
appears to have been upset by Barack Obama's decision, announced this
month, to maintain the Bush-era policy of installing a missile defence
shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Obama insisted the
shield was part of a defensive posture against Iran, not Russia, and
that he intended to remove it as soon as the threat from Iran subsided.
But many Poles have accused the US of wanting to mount a military
occupation of their country, and fear the shield could make them a
target of Russian aggression.

Eli Stephens
 Left I on the News
 http://lefti.blogspot.com


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