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03/18/2004: "Poland Misled"

As I attempted to follow a link about the 'movie' in Pakistan, I saw an ABC News article that Poland's President felt that "Poland [was] 'Misled' on Iraq".

Earlier in the day, Kwasniewski said Poland may start withdrawing its troops from Iraq early next year, months earlier than the previously stated date of mid-2005.

"Naturally, one may protest the reasons for the war action in Iraq. I personally think that today, Iraq without Saddam Hussein is a truly better Iraq than with Saddam Hussein," Kwasniewski told the European reporters.

"But naturally I also feel uncomfortable due to the fact that we were misled with the information on weapons of mass destruction," he said, according to a transcript released by the presidential press office.

This is discomforting. It feels like the coalition of the willing is falling apart, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
What the heck, if it was worth getting rid of Saddam in the first place, isn't it worth sticking around long enough to assure that democracy takes root? The paranoid side of me is curious; is this some sort of capitulation to some hidden threat?