Polish President Lech Kaczynski (60) died in plane crash...

[chernabog_ca]

I'm shocked they were all allowed to travel together.
michalz, what's the reaction and mood like in Poland?

[j7wild]

I'm shocked they were all allowed to travel together.

that's what they been saying here on tv on BBC and CNN.

that's like the President of the United States with his Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, White House Chief of Staff, Secretary of the Treasury and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff all flying Air Force One together!!

michalz, what's the reaction and mood like in Poland?

from what I've been hearing, the entire nation of Poland is in deep mourning.

pretty much 1/2 of their government's top executives are gone!!

[michalz00]

michalz, what's the reaction and mood like in Poland?

The mood is pretty grim, people are shocked. They are lighting candles and praying together. It's a similar sitiation to when the Pope was dying five years ago. You can also feel the solidarity.

There were also politicians representing different parties on that plane. Their parliamentary friends are remembering them on TV. It's pretty surreal because two days ago they were going for each other's throats. Now they talking about the wake-up call...

that's what they been saying here on tv on BBC and CNN.

that's like the President of the United States with his Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, White House Chief of Staff, Secretary of the Treasury and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff all flying Air Force One together!!

That I also can not understand. How could they let them all go on one plane!

[Mithrandir01]

that's what they been saying here on tv on BBC and CNN.

that's like the President of the United States with his Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, White House Chief of Staff, Secretary of the Treasury and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff all flying Air Force One together!!

from what I've been hearing, the entire nation of Poland is in deep mourning.
pretty much 1/2 of their government's top executives are gone!!

You can't compare it to the US Most Important Persons. We still have Prime Minister and all of goverment. Also both Marshalls of the Parliament (Marshall of Sejm replace now president for 60 days, till new election). One and only, but big mistake is that on that plane were 6 most important chiefs of our Army: Infantry, Navy, Air Force, Operations Chief, Chief of Staff and Chief of Warsaw defence.

That is disaster for our Army.