Polish Leaders Crash

From Yahoo News:
"Polish leader, 95 others dead in Russia jet crash"

This is a very strange situation. Over 90 people (including the crew) were killed while flying from Warsaw, Poland to Smolensk, Russia for the 70th Anniversary of the Katyn Massacre by the Soviets.

The victims include:

- The Polish President and First Lady

- Members of the Sejm and Senat

- Members of the Polish Military

- The President of the Institute of National Remembrance

- The President of the Polish Olympic Committee

- The President of the National Bank of Poland

- The Head of the National Security Bureau

- Different Religious Representatives

It seems a little too ironic that the first time that Russia invites Poland to remember the Katyn Massacre in which the USSR not only carried out the murders, but also silenced anyone who tried to speak about them for the next 60 years (both in Poland and the Soviet Union)there is a plane crash that wipes out the highest levels of the Polish Government.

Also about a week ago Putin gave a speech in which he stated that he believed Stalin killed the Polish officers because he was upset about the Soviet-Polish War of 1920. He simply made excuses rather than an apology (the latter being the only thing he should have done.)

Of course there are many theories about the plane being too old, the curse of Katyn, Russian involvement, etc. Right now I have my own thoughts, but nothing concrete yet.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_russia_plane_crash