“Begins. (…) Tomasz Siemoniak’s words mean dismissals from the Polish Armed Forces, liquidation of units and reduced security of Poland,” said the head of the Ministry of National Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak. The Internet was flooded with comments that left no stone unturned in the statements of the Platform’s deputy head about the 150,000-strong army!
Siemoniak doesn’t want 300,000. soldiers
When former Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak asked on RMF FM whether the coalition government that might be formed would aim to create an army of 300,000 soldiers, he replied that “there is no demographic potential for such an army.”
I have often said publicly that the optimal variant is a professional army of 150,000 men, 30-40,000. territorial defense soldiers, 20-30 thousand voluntary compulsory military service and building a reserve of several hundred thousand people. This will give Poland the right troops to defend the country
– said Siemoniak.
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Minister Błaszczak: “It’s starting”
In the evening, the RMF FM entry about Siemoniak’s words was shared on the X platform by the head of the Ministry of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak. “TomaszSiemoniak (@Platforma_org) in #RozmowaRMF: the optimal variant is an army of 150,000; in Poland there is no demographic potential to build an army of 300,000 people. So far, many people have left the army,” RMF FM reported.
Begins. Currently the Polish army numbers 187,000 men. soldiers. Tomasz Siemoniak’s words mean dismissals from the Polish Armed Forces, liquidation of units and reduced security of Poland
– said Błaszczak.
A wave of COMMENTS on the Internet!
PiS MP Radosław Fogiel also commented on the abbreviation of Tomasz Siemoniak’s words.
This is probably a mockery. A strong and numerous army is a necessity today. We have increased the size of the army from about 95,000. to approximately 170 thousand And now suddenly “it’s impossible”? They are allergic to anything that strengthens Polish security…
— wrote Fogiel on the X platform.
To make things easier for Rusek? Like a black dream
– said Michał Karnowski, co-founder of the wPolityce.pl portal and the weekly magazine “Sieci”.
This is incredible. Why the hell did you want power?
– Minister Michał Wójcik responded.
So we’re going to lower again. We probably don’t need that many weapons; after all, the EU will defend us – if at all.
– said Konrad Kołodziejski, columnist of the weekly magazine “Sieci”, ironically.
This is going to be a disaster. 150 thousand is even less than now
– well-known editor Piotr Gursztyn.
Begins
– said Andrzej Hrechorowicz.
Mr @TomaszSiemoniak is behaving like a ‘late stage’ politician and not noticing the dramatically growing threats in Europe, including Russia’s destruction of the global security system. For example, Israel, with a population of 8.5 million people, mobilized 300,000 reservists within 48 hours!
– wrote PiS MP Jerzy Polaczek.
The optimal variant is 150. That is why the governments in which I was a minister reduced the number from 125 to 95,000. Logic. Ps. So 25 to 30,000 Polish soldiers should be released? Well, it’s too safe in the East and unemployment is too low – something needs to be done about that.
Currently, the Polish Armed Forces has 186,000 people, so @Platforma_org plans to reduce the size of the army. It’s getting scary.
Don’t send him to Greece and Israel, because he will convince them that they have the potential for armies 40,000 strong.
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Source: wPolityce