Polish President and 95 Other Polish Leaders, Dead in Tragic Plane Crash

You can read the full article here. Personally, I'd be lying if I said if this whole development didn't raise some eyebrows. Nevertheless, RIP to all the victims and condolences to the families.

 

Honestly, you can't expect anything different. There are just too many variables here that make it look like a convenient accident. Not to mention the fact that the politics have been especially volatile as of late. Look at all the dignitaries on board:

President of Poland
The First Lady of Poland
The Undersecretary of State in the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
The last President of the Polish government-in-exile
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
The President of the National Bank of Poland
The Chief of the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
The Head of the National Security Bureau
The Secretary of State in the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
The Chief of the Polish Air Force
The Commander of the Polish Land Forces
The Chief of the Polish Army General Staff
Vice Admiral Andrzej Karweta, Commander-in-chief of the Polish Navy
General Włodzimierz Potasiński, Commander-in-chief of the Polish Special Forces
Of seven high military commanders, the Polish Armed Forces lost all except one; the Commander-in-Chief (the President), all four Branch Commanders, and the Chief of Staff were killed. Only the Minister of Defense survived, as he was not on the plane.

The Deputy Speaker of the Senat and at least thirty members of the Senate and the Sejm.
The Orthodox Ordinary of the Polish Army
The bishop of the Military Ordinariate of the Polish Army
The Rector of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University

The Polish Ombudsman for Citizen Rights
The President of the Institute of National Remembrance
The President of the Polish Olympic Committee
The President of the Polish Community Association, former Speaker of the Sejm
The Secretary-General of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites

AND...
Anna Walentynowicz, free trade union activist and one of the most prominent members of Solidarity movement

That's almost the entire head of the government that's just fallen off of its perch. On their way to a controversial commemoration of the KGB orchestrated massacre of the Polish and Polish-Jewish intelligentsia in World War II.... which Russia had blamed on the Nazis before reluctantly admitting fault in 1990. Conspiracy theorists are going to have a field day, while the rest of us will have to make do with being suspicious of whatever pre-masticated crap we're spoonfed. Or just marvel at the perfect, serendipitous irony.

Especially since Putin has taken it upon himself to personally investigate this crash. Which is a bit suspect, in my opinion. Half these people were opposition to his plans to make Poland entirely reliant on Russia's oil. Kaczynski in particular. Those two never saw eye to eye. It might very well be that it was just an accident, but its my opinion that they should bring in a more neutral party to investigate the matter, not someone who could've allegedly had his hand in the cookie jar. That way, there are no implicit suspicions and all the cards are on the table.

 

Nope. Now there's just a controversy concerning the president's burial. I hope that won't take the back-seat to the actual investigation.