When you heard that Poland's presidential plane went down...

[San Juan Sun]

on a trip to Katyn, how long did it take you to wonder if the Russians had a hand in it?

It took me about 5 seconds.

(I'm not blaming the Russians, FWIW. I was just a bit surprised by my gut reaction.)

[il Padrino Ute]

on a trip to Katyn, how long did it take you to wonder if the Russians had a hand in it?

It took me about 5 seconds.

(I'm not blaming the Russians, FWIW. I was just a bit surprised by my gut reaction.)

I had the same reaction. I think it has to do with being around during the Cold War.

[frank ryan]

on a trip to Katyn, how long did it take you to wonder if the Russians had a hand in it?

It took me about 5 seconds.

(I'm not blaming the Russians, FWIW. I was just a bit surprised by my gut reaction.)

I had the same reaction as well. I don't think the Russians did it. But the murder of the agent in London, Putin's barbaric policies in Chechnya and the heavy-handed invasion of Georgia invite extra scrutiny of the Putin and the FBS

[falafel]

I didn't think of it at all until you brought it up. I did think it was odd that Russia would allow a commemoration of the slaughtering of Polish military by Russian operatives. Pretending it didn't happen seems more like their style.

[venkman]

on a trip to Katyn, how long did it take you to wonder if the Russians had a hand in it?

It took me about 5 seconds.

(I'm not blaming the Russians, FWIW. I was just a bit surprised by my gut reaction.)

It took me .5 seconds. I really don't think they had anything to do with it, but the thought did cross my mind. Given the hardship inflicted on the Poles by their Russian neighbors, I'm sure this will not improve relations.

[Hallelujah]

on a trip to Katyn, how long did it take you to wonder if the Russians had a hand in it?

It took me about 5 seconds.

(I'm not blaming the Russians, FWIW. I was just a bit surprised by my gut reaction.)

1 nanosecond for me considering the tension between Poland and Russia recently.

[BigPiney]

First thing I thought of was this:

Polish Air Lines flight 113 was descending for a landing at an airport they had never been to before. The pilot looked out the windshield and suddenly exclaimed to the copilot, "Holy cow! Look how short the runway is! I`ve never seen one that short!"

The copilot looked out the windshield. "Wow! you`re right! That`s incredible! Are you sure we can make it?"

"Well we better, were almost out of fuel."

So the captain got on the intercom and notified the passengers to put their heads between their knees and prepare for an emergency landing. Then he set the flaps to full down and slowed the plane to just over stall speed. The big jumbo jet came screaming in, on the
ragged edge of control. The pilot`s hands were sweating, the copilot was praying. They touched down and came screeching to a halt JUST before the edge of the runway, the tires smoking.

"WHEW! That was CLOSE!" yelled the captain."That runway was SHORT!"

"Yeah!" said the copilot,"and WIDE too!"

[Eddie]

First thing I thought of was this:

I must admit - in reading the title to the thread I thought the question was going to be "who thought of Pollock jokes" rather than "who thought of Russia".