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NATO SURVEY RESULTS
 The survey was conducted among the students of the 3
rd
and 4
th
courses(grades 10 – 11). It was anonymous, but some students gave their names,and we’d really appreciate their special opinions to be published later. Everygroup was polled. The total of 161 students answered the questions.Sometimes they chose more than one possible answer, so the percentagesometimes exceeds 100 per cent.A person cannot make a solid decision unless the matter is studied andclarified. One of the main goals of the survey was to find out how well oursenior students know facts about the famous NATO.Abbreviation “ NATO” stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and
91%
of the students know that. However, about
8%
gave funny answers,and
3
persons admitted their ignorance.What does NATO do? It did not appear to be a difficult question.
86%
answered it, actually, in an officially correct way: “safeguards the freedomand security of its members by political and military means”. However,
5%
are quite convinced that NATO ensures the US corporations’ control over theworld’s market,
2%
are sure it wages war against all the progressive peoplein the world. Only
3%
could not answer it. At the same time there werecomments from
5.5%
of the polled. They were the following (the repeatedcomments are omitted):
•
Supports the aggressive policy of the USA.
•
Is conquering the world.
•
Carries out acts of terror.
•
Destroys peace in the world.
•
Maintains peace in the world.
(Quite the opposite, isn’t it?) The NATO member countries remain, unfortunately, virtually unknown by themajority of our students. Only
10%
of the polled know them precisely,
76%
can name them more or less correctly, but
18%
do not have a slightest ideawhat they were asked about. For some unknown reasons many of the polleddid not attribute
Turkey
(such a prominent member since 1952!) to theNATO.
Norway
comes the second neglected. A lot of guys do not realize,probably, that such popular and frequently visited holiday destinations as
Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Rumania
and
Spain
– are all NATO members!
 
 The procedure of joining the NATO is viewed differently by our students. Thefirst question in this area was about the redundant factors.
53%
think that mighty armed forces are not needed to join the NATO (andthat’s correct!)
9%
just failed to answer. The rest answers were wrong. To join the NATO a country needs support fromEACH member of the organization (
16%
disagreed). Democracy andresponsible leadership (lack of visible corruption) are the musts for joining(
8%
and
18%
do not see them as such). The second question was about the factors that can prevent a country tobecome a NATO member. 43% gave the right answer: “a territorial disputewith another country”. However popular were options like “poverty” (30%),“lack of military-industrial complex” (20%) or “borders with NATO enemies”(6%) – they were all incorrect. Only 2% failed to answer.NATO military operations seem to create a real mess in the minds of ourstudents. Or is mass-media disorienting them? NATO forces are seen wherethere are none, and not observed where they are!Although
43%
of the students are not sure about Afghanistan, only
38%
know about permanent UN-mandated NATO’s presence in the country, wherethe troops do their best to fight Taliban terrorists, maintain peace andsupport the democratically elected leadership.
19%
are sure there are noNATO troops in Afghanistan.Iraq is thought to be occupied by NATO forces by
58% (!)
of the polled…Amazing. There are no NATO troops, and there have never been any (only
8%
know that).
34%
said they didn’t know. You do now: there is a smallNATO-member countries’ POLICE mission (not military), which trains the Iraqilaw-enforcement officers.Ukraine’s plans as to joining the NATO are unknown for mere
2%
of thepolled.
74%
know exactly that the country can join the NATO only after anall-national poll. However,
15%
think that Ukraine will join the NATO verysoon, and
11%
believe that it will never happen. The consequences of Ukraine’s possible joining the NATO is seen in a widerange of opinions. Only
2%
failed to answer the question. The majority of 
65%
believe that Ukraine will feel safer as a NATO member. At the sametime,
30%
expect that the NATO military bases on the Ukrainian soil will betargeted by NATO’s enemies. (Does anybody know that such thing as “NATObase” does not exist?)
8.5%
are afraid that Ukraine will lose its sovereignty,and
4%
predict the death of Ukrainian industry.
5.5%
think that Ukraine willbetray its ideals. (It was interesting to find out that contemporary Ukrainehas some.) As many as
8.5%
gave their comments:
•
Economy will die.
•
Everybody will live better.
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