There is a report that the Polish government will offer Cameron a deal that in exchange for migrant benefit concessions from Poland, Britain should send troops there and support the setting up of NATO bases in that country.
This blog has been opposed to NATO’s eastward expansion following the end of the Cold War and considers the Polish proposal absolutely out of order. Poland has spent centuries quarrelling with its neighbours and a condition of its membership of the EU should have been that it learned to live with them. Putting NATO bases on Russia’s border would ensure the start of a new cold war and would cripple the EU economy. It is high time narrow self interest in Europe gave way to strategic thinking, which recognises that needling Russia brings no benefit to anyone. Russia, whether people like it or not, is a natural strategic partner to Europe, has helped rescue her from tyranny on three previous occasions, the most notable being the worst of all, the Nazis.
The rest of the world has learned to accept Germany is no longer Nazi, and it has to get the message that Russia is no longer Soviet. Failure to get that message will cost Europe dear. Cameron must tell Warsaw that he is not interested in their grubby little trade.