Via Insty:
The old saying goes: “Nothing concentrates the mind like the threat of imminent execution.”
Well from Poland’s point of view, nothing would concentrate the mind like a belligerent Russia on its border. Hence the preparation of the youth for just such a scenario.
And before anyone of the hoplophobic persuasion starts wailing about “militarizing the youth” or some such twaddle, let it be known that one of the best preventative measures against predatory invasion is knowing that the intended victim is filled with a motivated — and armed — population, ready to flay the skin off the invaders.
Japanese Admiral Yamamoto’s warning to Imperial Japan about America being a nation with “a rifle behind every blade of grass” seems appropriate here, as is a reminder of a universally-armed and never-invaded Switzerland.
And the video that accompanies the above tweet is especially tasty.
I’ve just added Poland to my bucket list of places I want to visit.