Former Polish President Who Overthrew Communism Urges US to ‘Help Russia Be Peaceful’

‘The world is beautiful,’ Lech Walesa said. ‘Russia is beautiful too, but when it is peaceful.’
Former Polish President Who Overthrew Communism Urges US to ‘Help Russia Be Peaceful’
Poland’s former president and Solidarity founder, Lech Walesa, talks to The Associated Press in Warsaw, Poland, on May 23, 2014. Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo
Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
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The United States must lead the international order to help reform and reintegrate Russia into the global community, according to a former president of Poland.

If the United States fails to lead at this moment, the international order it helped to create could crumble, Lech Walesa—who played a vital role in the overthrow of communism in his country—said during a Feb. 8 talk at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank.

Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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