As I’m sure you’ve heard by now Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash Saturday on his way to pay tribute to the more than 22,000 Poles who died at the Katyn Massacre in Russia.
It wasn’t just Kaczynski and his wife who died, it was the entire top military brass, numerous government officials and some of the brightest Polish minds. There were no survivors.
Unfortunately, and I say this as a Pole, Poland may never recover from this tragedy. It is hard to think the country isn’t cursed.
Ian Traynor of The Guardian has a much more optimistic outlook than I do.
Kaczinski’s obituary from The New York Times.
Some brief reactions on the BBC’s Web site.
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