Best friends aren't in the news much because they are reliable.  Arguably, America's best friend in Europe is Poland because Poland sees the world as Americans do.  The countries west of Poland are self-indulgent and plot against us with notions like the carbon tax, a war by proxy in Gaza, and non-tariff barriers to trade.  The country east of Poland is a kleptocracy that would be as poor as Ukraine if it weren't for its 10 million barrels per day of oil production.  For the countries north of Poland, self-loathing turned suicidal with the importation of people who have no intention of assimilating.  Poland is different.  As this American Thinker article notes, when communism fell in Eastern Europe, Poland came out of the blocks running and hasn't looked back. It is said that if you are taking flak, you are over the target.  So it is with Poland, which is getting hate from all the right...(Read Full Post)