8:56 10.04.2010

No matter what our political views are, no matter which political parties we like and which we detest, that tragedy stroke us all.

Ironic, isn't it? Our President, the command of our armed forces, heads of important institutions, members of parliament and clergy, so many valuable people died while heading to Russia to commemorate the Polish victims of a World War II massacre, which targeted 'the flower of Poland' of 1940- our elites- intellectuals, leaders, officers, priests, politicians. Lech Walesa said that "this is so very much like Katyn, where our head was cut off". Some say Katyn is a cursed place, some- that there is some tiny door to Heaven. Surely, Katyn will remain in Polish history as a sign of tragedy and grief..

I've never been fond of Mr Kaczynski as our President, but, no matter if we agree with his policies or not, he was OUR President. I mourn him as the leader of our country, as our representative, as the head of Poland. All of the victims of the plane crash, although from various parties and of different views, were wise and important for Poland people and they left it with a huge empty space, just like it was 70 years before.

People keep saying that there are no divisions into parties today, that we are beyond all the disputes and views; we are united in grief.
It has been proved throughout the history that Poles, often spontaneously, unite in difficult times. But then, why do we need difficult time to unite, why is a tragedy necessary to calm the arguments?