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Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said 10,000 soldiers would ultimately be deployed to the border area. He made the announcement in a state radio interview a day after a different official said Poland was sending 2,000 additional troops to the border over the next two weeks, essentially doubling its military presence there.

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[–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

I hate this saying. It's not explicit, and logical consequence isn't bidirectional, but it implies that those who do remember the past somehow won't repeat it. Which is blatantly false. Many people, even those who intimately know history, want to repeat it. Either because they think material conditions are just different enough to lead to a different result this time, or that the precise way the actions in the past was carried out was subpar and with tiny tweaks it would lead to a different result, etc. I do generally agree with the explicit statement, but I strongly disagree with the implicit statement.

[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I appreciate your sentiment but the implication is just not really there, it doesn't express anything about those who do remember the past.

[–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Read my edited footnote. I do not fully agree with the claim itself either.

[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 3 points 1 year ago

I think you're taking it too literary. It's a cautionary tale to not keep doing the same mistakes over and over again but instead to learn from the past mistakes of others.