Polska opinia publiczna wobec działań PKW w Afganistanie i Iraku
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2008
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe WNPiD UAM w Poznaniu
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The Attitude of Public Opinion in Poland towards the Activity of the Polish Military Contingent in Afghanistan and Iraq
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The attitude of public opinion in Poland towards the activity of the Polish Military
Contingent (PMC) in Afghanistan and Iraq was initially (in 2001-2002) quite enthusi-
astic. This was the consequence of solidarity with the United States after the terrorist
attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon. However, even then the majority of respondents
were skeptical about the Polish Army’s involvement in the ‘war on terror’. As time
passed by a majority of Polish society no longer believed that Poland would obtain any
political or financial benefits. The conviction that the losses had prevailed over the
benefits emerged at the end of 2003 and it remained until the PMC deployment in Iraq
ended. The benefits were only perceived in terms of the global image of Poland.
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Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne, 2008, nr 2, s. 275-288.