Lech Walesa -, founder of the first independent labor union in the Soviet Bloc, leader of the Polish Solidarity movement, hero to many in the Balkan nations, rose to become President of Poland. That’s quite a list of accomplishments for a man whose formal education never reached the level equivalent to high school graduate. What he did have is an abundance of integrity, common sense and courage.
The intelligencia of Poland were critical of him, for his earthiness. The farmers and factory workers respected him, for his earthiness. Honest people everywhere respected him for his integrity. He is a man of simple words that express profound truths.
Lech Walesa is in America today in support of the gubernatorial candidate for the state of Illinois. To be sure, he shares a common heritage with candidate Adam Andrzejewski, but more than empathy for a fellow Pole is afoot here. Walesa loves his country and fears for its future given the recent turn of affairs in America. He sees support of Andrzejewski as a move toward restoring a greater measure of security for Poland. Listen to him as he speaks (via interpreter):
“The United States is the only one superpower.
Today they lead the world, no one doubts, militarily.
They also lead economically but are getting weak.
But they don’t lead morally or politically any more.
The world has no leadership.
There was hope that whenever something was going wrong we could always count on the United States. Today we have lost that hope.” (emphasis mine)
The entire video is here, courtesy of Founding Bloggers.
I am saddened by the truth this man speaks.
Bob B
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