Poland is angry, NATO is cautious, and the United States is sensitive and can only retreat. NATO has now stated that it does not intend to deploy nuclear weapons in Poland.
Earlier, Polish President Duda pointed out that we are ready to wait for the stationing of US tactical nuclear weapons in Poland, and that Poland welcomes the stationing of US tactical nuclear weapons in order to have one more country in Europe to deploy US tactical nuclear weapons. But Russia reacted strongly.
Russia's press spokesman Dmitry Peskov has made tough statements. That is, if the United States deploys nuclear weapons to Poland, it will become a target. Although Russia also plans to be attacked, there is also a premise, that is, if NATO goes to war with Russia, NATO nuclear weapons deployed in Poland will become the target of attack.
If NATO does not want to provoke a war with Russia, it expresses the opinion that it does not intend to deploy nuclear weapons in Poland, then Polish President Duda will inevitably be disappointed. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pointed out at a joint press conference that NATO has no plans to change the layout of its nuclear forces or deploy nuclear weapons in Poland.
It has been nearly 800 days since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict, and the United States has repeatedly stressed that it will not go to war directly with Russia or intervene in the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict. How could the United States possibly deploy nuclear weapons in Poland in such a state?
So, if the United States deploys nuclear weapons in Poland, who will it protect? Does this have anything to do with the United States? It has something to do with NATO, but it has nothing to do with the United States. If a conflict breaks out between the United States and Russia, will the United States decide not to use nuclear weapons? If the United States uses nuclear weapons, it will inevitably cause huge losses to the United States' military strength in Europe, including the United States itself.
It is an inevitable fact that the United States uses nuclear weapons to protect its hegemony. However, the United States has to weigh whether to protect US hegemony or protect US homeland security, and the United States will inevitably abandon the former and safeguard its own national security. That is, the United States has its causes and consequences and priorities for the use of nuclear weapons, so how can the United States sacrifice its own interests and national security for the sake of a NATO member state? This is completely impossible.