Anybody know where I can get a list of the countries that are part of the US led coalition?
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/01201221.htm
(As of noon, India Standard Time, March 20.)
In case the link expires, the list included 33 members:
Afghanistan
Albania
Australia
Azerbaijan
Britain
Bulgaria *
Colombia
the Czech Republic
Denmark
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Georgia
Hungary
Italy
Japan
South Korea
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
the Netherlands
Nicaragua
Philippines
Poland
Portugal *
Romania
Singapore *
Slovakia
Spain
Turkey
Uzbekistan
*(joined active members, today–had been among 15 anonymous members)
Suspected of being among the 12 anonymous members are:
Bahrain
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
the United Arab Emirates
The Prez said this PM that there are now 40.
You might want to have the subject line fixed.
I was going to look up the number of counties in the U.S.
There are 58 in California
44 now. The number keeps rising.
D’oh, mods can you fix the subject line, please.
Kuwait can’t be among the anonymous ones, can it? That’s where the invasion was launched from.
And to think I lived to see the day that Albania publicly stood up on the side of the U.S. instead of launching laughably idotic vitriol. Where’s the hysteria? Where’s hyperbole? Where’s the pounding of the clenched fist denouncing the capitalist hegemony? <sigh> We’ll miss the old Albania, who once was the drama queen of the UN.
Peace.
Next, you’ll be telling me that Putin won’t wind up banging his shoe on a table.
Are these mysterious, unnamed nations simply a diplomatic way of saying “Okay, we’ll say you were with us all along if we win” or a way of giving the illusion of more support for the current actions in the middle east than there truly is or are there truly countries who are part of the coalition but do not want to be named?
I can understand the arab states not wanting to publicly declare their support but I can’t understand why any non-arab state would want to remain anonymous.
I imagine most of the anonymous states are Arab states who want to see Saddam gone, or want to please the US, but fear popular backlash for open support.
I opened this because I thought it’s about counties. Now that I’m here, I’m posting for the helluvit. :wally
In an amazing display of double-standards, Ireland’s official position is to oppose the war because it isn’t UN-sanctioned, but to allow the US military to use Shannon airport and have full overfly rights. So IMO Ireland could be added to the list of “anonymous” countries.
This is like being able to place your bets after the damn race has started.
They’ll all come out as united supporters when we win the champions league too you can bet.
Perhaps, but please don’t include those countries which have committed troops to this conflict before it started. And yes, I can see your location. :wally