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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
I have grave doubts that the church would direct Poles to side for NATO, afterall, Poland is essentially defending itself from an invading force.
We also have the important fact that the Vatican is slap bang in the middle of Italy - an opponent of NATO and allied to the PACT at least by default. Admittedly the Vatican isn't a part of Italy, but when you're surrounded like that you do have to think about the potential consequences of your words....
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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic
And I don't disagree with you.
I'm not saying the Pope would tell the Poles to side with NATO, but if NATO were to use the idea of it, it could be the thing that sways some Polish groups to side with NATO (or at least not oppose them).
It needs to be considered that the Pope was Polish and the cult of Pope John Paul II is still strong to this day (they've named streets, parks and so on after him in many towns & cities)
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I agree with both of you - the Pope would be unlikely to openly support either side, but various factions (not just NATO but also people such as King Julian in Silesia) might falsely claim to have such support to increase their credibility.
Something similar came up before on this thread...
http://forum.juhlin.com/showthread.p...ht=pope&page=2