former KGB Lt. Col. Viktor Kalashnikov wrote, "Europe becomes a place where everything is possible."

heading up the crash investigation is none other than Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin,

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski spoke Monday about "an emotional breakthrough" in Russian-Polish relations. "I must emphasize," he explained, "that the Russian side is behaving with extraordinary openness, with a Slavic openness and kindness."

It is said that the Polish Foreign Ministry was approached by a Russian airport official who said, "We are all guilty with regard to what happened. We should have closed that airport due to the weather, but it would have been perceived as an affront, and we were afraid."

So you see, the crash was caused by a misunderstanding between Russians and Poles.

in the words of one anti-Soviet activist, "would have been a political blow to Russia worse than a nuclear blast in Moscow."

who can resist the television images of Vladimir Putin putting his arms around the Polish prime minister in a magnificent display of sympathy?

when the Communists became capitalists, only President Kaczynski gave them support."

in reality President Kaczynski was not sufficiently fearful -- otherwise he would still be alive. After all, Kaczynski was anti-Communist, which is hardly a safe occupation for an East European politician.

This was underscored in 1984 by KGB defector Anatoliy Golitsyn who wrote that a leader "who is involved in furthering an effective counterstrategy against the communists should not visit communist countries or take part in any summit meetings with their leaders." He warned that such visits were opportunities for assassination.

Of course, the Soviet Union and its Communist Party no longer exists. Right?


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