Thoughts for the nation of Poland

[pophead2k]

Such horrible news today. Poland's contributions to western civilization are too numerous to mention. My thoughts are with our Polish friends.

[invisible Pole]

Thank you, pophead. Your words and thoughts are much appreciated.
This is a horrible tragedy for Poland.
And they were all going to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the massacre of thousands of Poles by Soviet NKVD forces in nearby Katyn woods.
Sad beyond words.

[migdd]

An almost unthinkable trajedy at what was supposed to be a time of healing. My thoughts go out to our neighbor in Eastern Europe.

[Who Shot Sam?]

Indeed. My deepest condolences to everyone in Poland. Devastating tragedy.

[Jack of All Parades]

It is too early for me to absorb it all-too many associations[Katjin Woods, ghettoes] generations of promise wiped out and now yet again a new generation decimated. This land is haunted.

[scielle]

It's not just the president and the 10 or so other top brass singled out in the papers - it's everyone else who was on that plane. The country's intellectual elite. Political and social activists, top thinkers, basically some of Poland's most influential leaders. My family in Poland - who were far from ever being supporters of Mr. Kaczynski - are genuinely concerned about the void in leaderships that has resulted from this, at all levels of public life.
I left the country for Canada as a kid in '93, but what I gather from family and friends is that it's going to take an inordinately long time for Poland to dig itself out from under this tragedy.