← Autodidact Archive · Original Dissent · Happy Hacker
Thread ID: 5620 | Posts: 5 | Started: 2003-03-18
2003-03-18 20:34 | User Profile
Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan (post conflict), Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Uzbekistan are in the coalition of the willing (read:coalition of the bribed).
Fist thing you notice is that Israel isn't on the list. Isn't Isreal our ally? Will/has any reporter asked Bush why our closest ally isn't supporting us? (Of course, Israel isn't on the list because this is Israel's war and the administration is trying to mislead us). Also, where's Mexico? Aren't we taking all of Mexico's poor and surplus population and don't we give them billions of dollars too? As always, America's love for Mexico is blatantly unrequited.
The second thing you should notice about the list is that most of these countries receive a lot of US aid (much if it tied to giving the US suppport) and are possibly under the thumb of the US.
The third thing you should notice is that most of these countries have nothing significant to offer. And, some who could offer real support have decidedly limited the support they're offering.
2003-03-18 20:47 | User Profile
HH, Good points. Steve Sailor mentioned Mexico today in his weblog: "The good news about our failure at the UN - Our Iraq Attaq was so unpopular on the Security Council that Bush didn't give away the store on immigration to get Vincente Fox's vote. If Mexico had been the deciding vote, who knows what Bush would have promised Fox."
2003-03-18 20:51 | User Profile
Breaking news: It is being reported that the sovereign nation of Kyrgyzstan is joining the diverse and widely supported coalition against Iraq. Sources state they are contributing the sum of 10,000 Som as well as sending their elite 'Bishkek Red Goat Brigade' special forces unit to join the front line invasion.
2003-03-18 21:03 | User Profile
You might as well say that Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, U.A.E., Bahrain, and Quatar are our allies. They are all providing direct support for the U.S. military but at the same time they don't want to admit they are U.S. allies because much of their populations are angered by it.
2003-03-18 21:06 | User Profile
Originally posted by Happy Hacker@Mar 18 2003, 14:34 ** The third thing you should notice is that most of these countries have nothing significant to offer. And, some who could offer real support have decidedly limited the support they're offering. **
Besides the British troops, there are fewer than four thousand foreign troops from all of the U.S. allies including the 2,000 Astralian special forces. All of the other troops beside the Astralians are special BNC defense units from European countries.