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Lech Walesa is “cautiously optimistic.”

UPDATE: More from Arthur Chrenkoff:

Poland is now right in the thick of things, trying to peacefully resolve the stand-off. The “Solidarity” icon and Poland’s first non-communist president, Lech Walesa is already in Kiev talking to the crowds and imploring the West to help Ukraine on its road to democracy. Poland’s current president Aleksander Kwasniewski is expected to fly in on Friday, after being asked by apparently both the opposition and Ukraine’s outgoing president to mediate. . . . Poland’s support for Ukrainian democracy is sincere (albeit coupled with a desire for a democratic buffer between herself and the increasingly autocratic Russia).

I hope it works. Once again, bravo for Poland. And read this.