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March 21, 2003
The 'Coalition of the Willing'
According to a UPI article, 43 countries have agree to be recognized as part of the "Coalition of the Willing" that George Bush has said is joining the US in the war on Iraq. The article notes that, while Donald Rumsfeld is portraying this as a larger coalition than that during the 1991 war, that perception is only true when looking at the number of countries involved. We have gotten more countries to agree to "help" us than we did previously. In terms of supplying troops or contributing money, however, the levels of "assistance" fall greatly. There are also reports that there are other countries who are "helping" us, but do not wish to be named or acknowledged.
Now, see, to me, when a country is taking your side in the war, but doesn't want anyone to know about it, that's a pretty big clue that there's something a bit hinky about the whole war thing....
The countries included as part of the coalition are:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Angola
- Australia - contributing 2,000 troops
- Azerbaijan
- Bulgaria
- Colombia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Italy
- Japan
- Kuwait - Allowing us to station troops there and launch attacks from their land
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Macedonia
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Rwanda
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Solomon Islands
- Spain
- South Korea
- Turkey
- Uganda
- United Kingdom - contributing 45,000 troops
- Uzbekistan
Posted by thorswitch at March 21, 2003 01:20 AM
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