Looks like the "new" Europe is having new doubts about being Uncle Sam's sidekick in Iraq:
Poll: Poles Oppose Sending Troops to Iraq
Public support for Poland's role in Iraq appeared to be eroding, with a poll published Monday showing more than half of those surveyed disapproved of sending troops ...Against the backdrop of daily attacks on U.S. soldiers in Iraq, 68 percent said they feared Poland would become a target if the government sends troops as planned to command a stabilization zone, the independent CBOS polling agency said. That was up a full 15 percent from a survey in June.
The July 4-7 survey of 952 Poles was the first time Poles were asked specifically if they approved of their nations' role in helping stabilize Iraq.
About 55 percent of the respondents were against sending Polish troops to command a stabilization zone, some 36 percent approved and eight percent had no opinion.
Not enough doubt to stop the deployment, obviously. But enough, I suspect, to make Polish politicians damned nervous. If I were in charge of the Pentagon's troop-raising marathon, I wouldn't be looking to Warsaw for a follow-up contribution.
oops didn't finish editing. my bad.
'New' Allies Struggle to Fill Role: U.S. Reliance on Poland and Others In Iraq Strains Countries' Resources
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If I were the commander of the Poles, I wouldn't be pushing my menfor aggressive patrolling and raids from , and I'm sure thats gonna go over well at CENTCOM.