# Who Is In Iraq Nowadays? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 6, 2008, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-in-iraq-nowadays/436490 "2008-02-06T07:14:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-in-iraq-nowadays/436490/1 "2008-02-06T07:14:11Z")
In Pres. Bush’s past “State of the Union” addresses, he used to give us a pep talk about the UK’s role in Iraq along with other allies. Is Blair still in the game? Do we still have allies interested in Iraq? Haven’t heard too much about this, lately. (And, if the allies are there, haven’t their numbers dwindled?) Bonus Q: Isn’t Blair as unpopular in the UK as Bush is in the US? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-in-iraq-nowadays/436490/2 "2008-02-06T07:26:01Z")
[QUOTE=Jinx] Bonus Q: Isn’t Blair as unpopular in the UK as Bush is in the US? [/QUOTE] He’s more irrelevant than unpopular. He resigned over six months ago. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-in-iraq-nowadays/436490/3 "2008-02-06T07:35:13Z")
Related question - is there any head of state who cooperated with Bush to invade Iraq, and still holds power? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-in-iraq-nowadays/436490/4 "2008-02-06T08:02:25Z")
[Who’s in and who’s out](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_force_in_Iraq#List_of_nations_in_the_coalition) in the military sense. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-in-iraq-nowadays/436490/5 "2008-02-06T08:57:17Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] He’s more irrelevant than unpopular. He resigned over six months ago. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I actually thought this was common knowledge. > [@scr4](#): > > Related question - is there any head of state who cooperated with Bush to invade Iraq, and still holds power? Queen Elizabeth II ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-in-iraq-nowadays/436490/6 "2008-02-06T09:58:55Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] He’s more irrelevant than unpopular. He resigned over six months ago. [/QUOTE] Except he’s angling to be President of Europe. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-in-iraq-nowadays/436490/7 "2008-02-06T14:49:29Z")
[QUOTE=Martin Hyde] > [@scr4](#): > > Related question - is there any head of state who cooperated with Bush to invade Iraq, and still holds power? Queen Elizabeth II [/QUOTE] Doesn’t count - Her Majesty had no personal involvement in the decision, and simply acted on the advice of her government. If you take your approach, she’s simultaneously in the ranks of heads of state who did not cooperate with Bush - as Queen of Canada, she took the advice of her Canadian government, which did not send troops.