The Polish Army festival is traditionally an chance to organize outdoor events, parades and presentations of equipment held by Polish soldiers. And to discuss the importance of specified initiatives for society. Today, it is bigger than it may seem. Building citizens' attitude towards the military is crucial for national security.
It's already a truism, but it inactive should be repeated: all country has an army – either its own or its own occupation. And nothing has changed since the beginning of planet past and wars. The 20th century, as well as the beginning of the 21st century, only confirmed the rightness of this statement, and the last decade, unfortunately, reminded this very clearly besides in our region of the world. Russian aggression against Ukraine was possible, among another things, due to the fact that the Ukrainian state in 2014 did not have the appropriate military possible to let effective deterrence of the opponent. The reasons for this are complex, but this is simply a subject for a separate article.
Poland is presently in a much better situation than Ukraine a decade ago: For over a 4th century, he has been a NATO member. In our country there is simply a general political consensus on spending money on the maintenance, modernisation and expansion of armed forces. This approach is besides very supportive of society: it is the consequence of both historical experiences and general awareness of the current reality in which our country functions. In order to keep this situation for a longer period of time, it is crucial to keep a advanced level of public support for specified a state policy, regardless of the political power that remains in power. Our safety interests, as well as the risks associated with them, are and will be in the foreseeable future (talking about at least a fewer decades here) rather permanent: the main existential threat to Poland is and will be the Russian Federation seeking to rebuild its imperial position at the expense of the countries of the Central and east Europe region. While the likelihood of Russia's direct attack on Poland is low at this point, it should be borne in head that this is not a completely excluded script and appropriate action should be taken to prevent it.
The Army and the People
It is worth asking the question at this point what are presently the possibilities of interaction between the military and society. The answer is rather limited. The times of universal military service have passed – this 1 has been suspended for respective years. Active forms of volunteer service (professional, in WOT, DZSW) or activity in pro-defensive organizations are only domains of people curious in this form of commitment. This issue besides does not solve past lessons or education for safety in schools. These are usually theoretical classes without the ability to contact the military.
Thus, the celebrations of the Polish Army holidays, like another akin ones (airshows, equipment presentations, events of individuals, etc.) on a reasonably tiny scale, are an chance for 1 of the fewer people to contact the army directly. The ability to talk to soldiers about their service, to see close and live military equipment – which usually remains in units or on the ground – is rather a peculiar experience, especially for people who do not have much in common with the military. And this is not about building an apparent sense of safety based on the mantra “strong, short, ready”. It is not the dephiliads that win wars, but they can affect the likelihood of conflict being reduced by building citizens' attitudes towards the military. akin initiatives should be seen as investments in building stronger contacts between the army and citizens.
The importance of contact between society and the military, the second of which is an integral part, is hard to overestimate. The army is incapable to function either during peace or, even more so, during war without the support, commitment and activity of the remainder of society. This was clearly demonstrated by the war in Ukraine: this mass engagement of millions of people there enabled effective action and reconstruction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine After the annexation of Crimea and parts of Donbas in 2014. The forms of this commitment were varied: from physical and financial support, to active in NGOs working for the military, to participation in volunteer and professional army formations. This all allowed for 8 years to build the possible of the army and the state, which, though not without loss, was able to effectively halt the Russian invasion in 2022 and thus save itself from another business and drama, possibly comparable to that experienced by Ukraine and its inhabitants in the 1930s (especially during the large Hunger Period) and during planet War II.
To the end of past inactive far
Whether we like it or not, the communicative does not stubbornly want to turn towards its end, so awaited in the early 1990s. The planet is inactive not and will not be a safe place for long. Only our own military: modern, modernized, with the support of their own social base and allies is what separates us from the chaos that brings war and the imperial urges of satraps. If this barrier were not to exist, we would find ourselves again in a situation that can be read on the past of both planet wars today, with all this dramatic consequences for the full country and its people. This tragic experience consists of the destiny of individuals or families experienced by death, wounds or exile and wandering around the world.
However, this will not happen unless the level of public commitment to self-defence is reduced. It's best to keep it growing. At the same time, the higher the level of preparation of citizens in the event of a crisis or war, the little the hazard that specified situations can happen.
