Several weeks have passed since the air crash near Smolensk - and several weeks since the pompous funerals of the former Polish president in the kings' tomb in Vawel and official mourning in several European countries.
However, one could hardly use such definitions as “benefit” and “success” to describe Kaczyński’s presidency. Countless phobias, unending hysteria, officially declared hostility to the nearest neighbors, as well as clear political ruffianism have never provided an official with any advantages. Just a month ago everyone was sure that Kaczyński would enter history as one of the most mediocre Polish leaders. Now that president is buried in a tomb of Wawel in Krakow among great Polish kings of the past and sentimental community preferred to forget about mistakes, fallacies, and stubborn nationalism of Mr Kaczyński, calling him “a patriot” or even “a great statesman.” Andrey Martyanov writes that quite a Nietzschean idea comes to mind: a person who has done one folly is an unlucky one, a person who has done ten is a fool, and a person who has done thousand is a hero...
http://www.eastwest-review.com/article/poland-epoch-kaczynski-destabilizing-factor
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