“In the United States, a debate is taking place about what to do with a Europe that takes offense at the U.S., a Europe that wants to build strategic autonomy, a Europe that insists on forgetting that its freedom stems precisely from the fact that the United States first entered two world wars, helped Western civilization win them, and then helped win the Cold War. Without the United States, Europe would have become entirely a Soviet museum, in line with the plans the Soviets had been developing,” said Michał Rachoń, Program Director of TV Republika, during his show on the station.
This year’s main edition of CPAC took place in Dallas, Texas. Conservatives from around the world were present. TV Republika was also there, and the station’s president Tomasz Sakiewicz, as well as Program Director Michał Rachoń, spoke during the event.
“Europe takes offense at the U.S.”
Michał Rachoń reported today in his morning program on TV Republika on the events of the past week related to the CPAC conference.
“We are at the very center of important matters. In fact, we have realized this over the past week. Last week, as reflected in the phenomenal viewership results, you watched our coverage from Texas, where the CPAC conference was taking place. It is the main venue for debates, discussions, and the conservative movement in the United States. All conservative U.S. presidents have been there and have delivered speeches. Together with CPAC, they built their political identity,” he said.
As he recalled, “Ronald Reagan was the first among them, greatly deserving credit for the collapse of the Soviet regime in Poland in the 1980s, when we looked with hope toward the free world. We were somewhat in the same situation that Persians are in today, looking at the totalitarian regime that governs them.” He added, “we were in such a situation in the 1980s, looking at Ronald Reagan’s America, looking at candles lit in the windows of the White House to send words of encouragement and this message of freedom from Washington to Warsaw. At that time, it had enormous significance in Poland, and today Poland is a free country. It can now also try to shape this international way of thinking about fundamental issues.”
“Poland matters – in this sense, the presence of Polish politicians and a Polish conservative television station on site was meaningful. This was evident in at least several speeches that addressed issues fundamental to us – particularly those related to security,” he emphasized.
Rachoń stressed that “in the United States, a debate is taking place about what to do with a Europe that takes offense at the U.S., a Europe that wants to build strategic autonomy, a Europe that insists on forgetting that its freedom stems precisely from the fact that the United States first entered two world wars, helped Western civilization win them, and then helped win the Cold War. Without the United States, Europe would have become entirely a Soviet museum, in line with the plans the Soviets had been developing.”