Dr. Patrice Dabrowski

Historian and author of “Poland: The First Thousand Years” and “The Carpathians: Discovering the Highlands of Poland and Ukraine”

[Dr. Patrice Dabrowski @pdabrow]

Some nice news: my book was awarded 1st Distinction in the category of Best foreign-language publication promoting Poland’s history (Historical Competition of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2022).

[Dr. Patrice Dabrowski @pdabrow]

Interesting proposal for nat’l reconciliation; but it should work both ways. „Making ….historical scars the cornerstone of its national identity instead of processing them” is something that Poles think Ukrainians are doing by honoring the UPA. More soul-searching is needed.

[Mykhailo Lavrovskyi @Lavrovskyi]

Considering my partial Polish roots, I’ve spent a long time thinking about what to write regarding the Ukrainian-Polish scandal, and the crisis in our relations as a whole. But I doubt I could ever say it better than Oleksandr Zinchenko. We have a lot of work ahead of us, and much can be said about the solutions, but we must remember the core truth - without Poland, Ukraine will be weaker, and without Ukraine, so will Poland. 👇

Why is the Polish right-wing turning hostile? Historian Oleksandr Zinchenko argues that it’s not about past UPA history - it’s about fear of Ukraine’s rising geopolitical power. The Polish right realizes that Russia is losing, and they are terrified of Ukraine’s growing agency. Poland is currently acting as a "Traumaland" - making past fears and historical scars the cornerstone of its national identity instead of processing them.

To overcome this crisis and stop mutual re-traumatization, Zinchenko proposes a comprehensive 7-step roadmap for reconciliation:

1. A Liturgy of Mutual Forgiveness - Ukraine should invite the next President of Poland to Kyiv for a joint prayer service at the historic St. Sophia Cathedral. The cornerstone of this spiritual reconciliation must be the powerful formula: "We forgive and ask for forgiveness."

2. Acknowledging Geopolitical Errors - The Polish leadership needs to declare that opposing Ukrainian independence in 1918-1921 was the single greatest mistake in our shared history. That division cost Ukraine millions of lives under Soviet rule, cost Poland hundreds of thousands, and directly led to Poland losing its own statehood in 1939. When we stand apart, we both fall.

3.Humanizing All Victims - We must stop dividing historical pain. A joint declaration should state: "All victims of our tragic past are neither strictly Polish nor Ukrainian - they are ours, they are human." Every act of ethnic cleansing committed in the 20th century by either side must be unconditionally condemned. The tragic deaths of children in Sahryn are no different from those in Wola Ostrowiecka.

4. Breaking the 80-Year Memorial Taboo - Both Presidents must jointly lay flowers at the historical conflict sites - specifically in Sahryn (Poland) and Ostrówki / Wola Ostrowiecka (Ukraine). Despite decades of Ukrainian urgings, no Polish president in over 80 years has taken this step. This historical omission must be corrected.

5. De-anonymizing the Tragedy - We need to move from abstract numbers to human faces. Ukraine and Poland should cooperate to research and publish a complete, nominal list of every single victim of the bilateral conflict, printed in both languages. Every individual must be remembered by name.

6. Agreeing to Disagree on National Pantheons - We must accept that our national heroes will never be the same. Poland must recognize that Ukrainian heroes are not Polish, and Ukraine must recognize that Polish heroes are not Ukrainian. Ukraine will not challenge the legacy of Piłsudski or Dmowski (who allied with Bolsheviks against Ukrainian statehood), and Poland must stop targeting those who fought for Ukraine's independence. We both fought for our freedom. We both won it. Period.

7. Ironclad Mutual Security Guarantees - A new strategic paradigm: Ukraine, possessing the most battle-hardened and powerful military on the European continent, will legally guarantee and actively defend Poland’s sovereignty. In return, Poland, as a major European power, will unconditionally support Ukraine’s integration and its diplomatic efforts for a just, lasting peace.

Ukraine has conquered its own existential fears on the battlefield. Now, we are strong enough to help Poland overcome its historical anxieties. By executing this roadmap, both nations can finally shed the baggage of the 20th century and build an unbreakable, equal alliance for the future.

🇺🇦🤝🇵🇱

[Dr. Patrice Dabrowski @pdabrow]

@joni_askola This:

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

Congress must get on the right side of history & support a democracy, free market nation who wants to ally w/ us, and to oppose a thug who is invading its neighbor. We’ve waited long enough to help Ukraine & put sanctions on Russia. This is our Churchill vs Chamberlain moment.

[Dr. Patrice Dabrowski @pdabrow]

This:

[Greta Berlin @Truegreta]

I stood at this pool, at both monuments and saw both reflections…
He’s a God damn idiot, as are the fools that support him. The “Reflection Pool” wasn’t designed by American architect Henry Bacon a hundred years ago to look like a swimming pool. It’s designed to have a darkened characteristics that has reflective qualities to reflect the monuments.
That way, the Washington Monument is reflective to you when at the Lincoln Memorial, and when at the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial is reflective to you.
It’s designed to enhance the grandeur of monuments, create an illusion of reflection, and inclusion of expansive space of unity.
He’s a tacky vulgar person that vulgarizes everything he touches. America isn’t becoming great, it’s becoming vulgar.

Credit - Mathew Reed

[Dr. Patrice Dabrowski @pdabrow]

This:

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

Mr Witkoff has gone to Moscow eight times to negotiate peace… zero times to Ukraine. Most Americans know this is not right. Don’t pretend to be neutral when the facts are obvious. Can we get someone serious in the position to do this right?

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

Mr Witkoff has gone to Moscow eight times to negotiate peace… zero times to Ukraine. Most Americans know this is not right. Don’t pretend to be neutral when the facts are obvious. Can we get someone serious in the position to do this right?

[Dr. Patrice Dabrowski @pdabrow]

@SchwertnerPL Właśnie. Czemu ludzie na nich glosują?

[Dr. Patrice Dabrowski @pdabrow]

@RepDonBacon @KRychtycka Please get all your colleagues to vote to support Ukraine and sanction Russia!

[Dr. Patrice Dabrowski @pdabrow]

This:

[Joni Askola @joni_askola]

By walking away from Ukraine, Trump is killing America's standing in Europe.

He is forfeiting massive leverage and losing out on future defense partnerships.

It is an embarrassing retreat that makes the US look unreliable and weak.

Pathetic!

[Dr. Patrice Dabrowski @pdabrow]

This:

[Acyn @Acyn]

Ossoff: This is what small men like Donald Trump and JD Vance and Stephen Miller will never understand—that our national greatness flows not through our blood or our genes, but through our ideas.

Americans are not a race, we're a people united not by ethnicity, but by our shared convictions, and that is what makes us exceptional

[Dr. Patrice Dabrowski @pdabrow]

@EamonJavers @JuliaDavisNews Ouch! An attention span of a small child… and another unfinished hairbrained scheme to he dropped like a hot potato, the world be damned.

[Dr. Patrice Dabrowski @pdabrow]

@AmbDanFried Could…should!!! It’s in our own national interest.

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

I’ve been in Odesa, Ukraine for the Black Sea Security Forum. The Ukrainian people are resilient and they’re not giving up, even in the face of attacks on civilian infrastructure. We have to continue standing with Ukraine in their fight against Vladimir Putin and Russia.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Only Trump can save Putin.

[Dr. Patrice Dabrowski @pdabrow]

This:

[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

Does anyone know what happened to:

• the DOGE checks (payments)? • the tariff rebate checks? • the hospital ship for Greenland? • the promised 10% credit card interest rate? • the medications that were supposed to be $1,500 cheaper? • the $2-per-gallon gasoline? • the Epstein files? • cheaper groceries? • the promise to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours? • the “privately funded” ballroom? • reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which was already open?

Does anyone know what became of all that?

[Dr. Patrice Dabrowski @pdabrow]

Worth noting how the Polish far-right has more sharp words for Ukraine than for Russia:

[Marcin Matczak @wsamraz]

Jakiś czas temu pokazałem, kogo polskie partie uważają za 20 największych wrogów Polski. Wg publicznych wypowiedzi jej polityków w pierwszej trójce wrogów Polski Konfederacja ma np. Niemcy i Ukrainę. Ale Rosji nie ma nawet w pierwszej dwudziestce.

Wczoraj cztery niezależne LLMy przeanalizowały, czy Konfederacja bardziej krytykuje Rosję czy Ukrainę. Okazuje się, że negatywnych wypowiedzi o Ukrainie jest co najmniej pięć razy więcej niż tych o Rosji.

Co więcej, krytyka Rosji — gdy się pojawia — jest ogólna, zdystansowana, często sprowadzona do “trzeba się z Putinem jakoś dogadać”. Krytyka Ukrainy jest konkretna i emocjonalna.

[Dr. Patrice Dabrowski @pdabrow]

@allenanalysis @MurielBlaivePhD But his supporters praise him for not taking his salary….

[Dr. Patrice Dabrowski @pdabrow]

What are they, props? I should think even some Trump-supporting troops might reconsider such a trip.

[Erin Burnett OutFront @OutFrontCNN]

CNN learning “no fat soldiers” will be invited to Trump’s WH UFC fights. Sources say they must “look good” on camera, meet weight standards, and they have to pay their own way there.

[Dr. Patrice Dabrowski @pdabrow]

This:

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

I really miss this kind of America.

Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford ran against each other in 1976.

When Ford passed away, Carter gave the eulogy at his funeral.

When Carter passed away, Ford’s son Steve spoke at Carter’s funeral.

Barack Obama and John McCain ran against each other in 2008.

When McCain passed away, Obama gave the eulogy at his funeral.

They disagreed. They debated. They fought hard for what they believed in.

But at the end of the day, they still saw each other as human beings. As Americans.

That is the part we have lost.

Somewhere along the way, disagreement turned into hatred. Politics turned into teams. And people forgot that respect does not mean you agree with someone on everything.

I still believe we can get back to this.

Not because it will be easy. Not because everyone will suddenly think the same.

But because America is supposed to be better than this.

Bipartisan respect used to be possible.

And someday, I pray we remember how to do it again. 🇺🇸💙

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

It’s so depressing, if the US government had decided to work with and support Ukraine and not end all aid, Ukraine could have devastated the Russian military and the US military would not be in the sorry state that it is now.