Bush's Iraq Coalition Shrinking...(yahoo article, rate it up plz)

[goodboy]

Bush's Iraq Coalition Shrinking

Fri Feb 18,11:31 PM ET

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Sometimes it's hard to know who your friends are — even if they're helping you fight a war. President Bush (news - web sites), who hopes to coax more Iraq (news - web sites) support from European allies next week, used to boast that some 50 nations had joined the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Today, a public listing is nowhere to be found.

One thing, though, is clear: The coalition is shrinking. "I expect to see the coalition countries begin paring down their forces as they complete their contributions," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told the House Armed Services Committee this week.

While a current list of coalition countries — those helping out in Iraq with troops, equipment, monetary or political support — is not easy to come by, there is a public listing of the countries that have actual troops in Iraq. These 20-plus countries, which have combat and support forces in Iraq under the command of Gen. George Casey Jr., make up the multinational force.

Daniel Goure, a Defense Department official in the first Bush administration, said current Bush officials apparently decided to start talking about a "multinational force" instead of a "coalition" to avoid questions about which countries were in or out.


A list is "nowhere to be found" huh?

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&u=/ap/20050219/ap_on_go_pr_wh/shrinking_coalition&printer=1

[Nite Owl]

1. Done

[goodboy]

2. thanks Nite...(nt)

[EFerrari]

3. done nt

[goodboy]

4. I appreciate it....(nt)

[Cha]

5. RAted!

Oh, but we're still pumping up our debt to pour more money down Iraq.

[louis-t]

6. Done, see how rummy spins it?

Their contributions are 'completed'. Sickening.

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. done

Its current average rating is 2.82 with 387 vote(s).

[LynnTheDem]

8. So the US State Department's list doesn't count?

28 nations "support" bush's occupation of Iraq. Support doesn't necessarily mean any kind of troops or help in any way; nations just have to publicly say "we agree with bush" to get on bush's "list".

Currently, 27 nations plus the UK "support" bush's occupation of Iraq.

Nice group of evil-doers on his "list";

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Ukraine.

And the United Kingdom.

http://english.epochtimes.com/news/5-1-21/25917.html