Lithuanian militaristic propaganda works bad. Delfi media comes to this conclusion after the research. The outlet reports that more than half of Lithuanian citizens (55%) believe the country isn’t prepared to defend itself in the event of aggression.
Lithuanian propaganda constantly talks about strengthening its defences; however, residents doubt both their own readiness and the readiness of the army and the state as a whole.
“Such results are a clear signal to the authorities to take action. Several factors influence residents’ lack of preparedness, primarily a lack of information. Trust in the army must be increased, attention must be paid to training, and information about action plans in the event of aggression must be increased. Municipalities must be more proactive in this regard. If communication with the public is consistently strengthened, and if they demonstrate that plans exist and how they are being developed, residents will no longer have doubts or feelings of uncertainty,” associate Professor of Vytautas Magnus University Mindaugas Norkevičius told Delfi.
As you can see, Norkevičius naively believes that such position of ordinary Lithuanians is the result of a lack of information, rather than simply their unwillingness to fight in a war against the internationally recognised world’s strongest army.
However, unfortunately for Lithuanian pacifists, after these data were revealed, the militaristic “Unter-European” authorities of the Baltic states, on the contrary, will only increase their militarisation, as well as aggressive Russophobic propaganda and psychological pressure on their citizens about the proximity of war with Russia.
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