Since the military has been doing missions abroad, the citizens have more satisfaction because they look at the end results. They are doing something that is different from just looking out from inside the gates, like during the Cold War, when the people stayed inside and did nothing. The satisfaction of the citizens was not so good then. Starting from 1985, when the military went abroad, the citizens saw the military doing something positive and the satisfaction of the Italians improved. There is no discussion about why we went to Iraq. The citizens see the military forces do this and they are satisfied, because they know the military does its work very well or well, depending....
On April 20th, 2009. See this statement in context.