"Recent surveys by the CBOS polling agency have shown that despite strong support by Polish leaders for the United States' Iraq policy, 50% of Poles think that there should be no armed intervention regardless of what U.N. inspectors find, while 6% would support an invasion no matter what the inspectors find. Asked whether Poland should support U.S. armed action in Iraq if it takes place, 62% said no and 29% said yes." Read the rest here:
What the Polish pop thinks does not really interest me. I am more interested in what the people of Hungaria think
talkling to my friends and relatives in warsaw, and reading the polish press, skepticism towards the war seems to be no different there than anywhere else in europe, or world for the matter. of course, as is the case here, ignorance and conformity increase exponentially as you get further away form the big cities. the big surprise is the fact that even among polish expats here the sentiment is the same. it's unusual because traditionally, the polish community in america leans strongly to the right, sort of like the miami cubans, although it stems more from an oversimplified understanding of pre cold war history than the denial of priviledge. make what you want of the disconnect between public opinion and government policy. clearly, someone must believe they stand to benefit from being a good lap dog. i suppose the elite of cronies who benefited from the "free market" privatization in the early 90's are learning fast that either corporate interests are going to play second fiddle to a strong democracy, or the other way around. sad.