Changing Polish-American relations

In light of the negotiations on the planned missile defence shield, journalist Monika Olejnik reflects on the changing relations between Poland and the United States: "For us, America is no longer a promised land, and the dollar is no longer a god. We are in the EU and that gives us the strength we lacked just ten years ago. Today our strength is Europe, and America should understand once and for all that that entitles us to respect. Today Poland is a spokesperson among the countries of Eastern European, and we show the way forward. The Polish president struggled for the enlargement of the Union to the east. The Americans do not seem to have noticed that things have changed in recent years. Barack Obama still counts the UK, France and Germany as his most important allies in Europe, and forgets about Poland. There were times when the Poles might have seen that as a tragedy, but today we tend to consider it a lapse, because we have shed our complexes. We know who we are, what we have achieved, and we know our history. ... It is high time the Americans understood that they no longer play the leading role in Polish hearts."

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