# Why do liberals hate these countries so much they pretend they don't exist? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 15, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068 "2003-12-15T05:27:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hydrocortisone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Hydrocortisone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hydrocortisone)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/1 "2003-12-15T05:27:18Z")
Since liberals like to say US action against Iraq was unilateral, I guess they don’t believe the countries listed below exist, since they were part of the US coalition. Afghanistan Albania Angola Australia Azerbaijan Bulgaria Colombia Costa Rica Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Georgia Honduras Hungary Iceland Italy Japan Kuwait Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Marshall Islands Micronesia Mongolia Netherlands Nicaragua Palau Panama Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Rwanda Singapore Slovakia Solomon Islands South Korea Spain Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom Uzbekistan ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/2 "2003-12-15T05:29:13Z")
You’ve been pitted already, right? ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/3 "2003-12-15T05:29:34Z")
Unless France, Germany, and Russia are on the list, it means nothing. (Or so the ‘loyal’ opposition would have you believe.) ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/4 "2003-12-15T05:37:17Z")
France could be on the list for all I know, I can’t stop laughing after the first name on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/5 "2003-12-15T05:39:12Z")
[STALIN] Eritrea, how many divisions have them? [/STALIN] ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/6 "2003-12-15T05:41:01Z")
With the Solomon Islands on our side, none can stand before us! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/7 "2003-12-15T05:42:12Z")
When you got Micronesia on your side, you know you’re on the Side Of Right. What percentage of countries in this list actually provided troops, I wonder? Did the Eritrean forces capture a lot of territory? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/8 "2003-12-15T05:43:32Z")
Praise God, the mighty juggernaut of Palau is on our side. ---
**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/9 "2003-12-15T05:45:38Z")
I understand the Rwandan special forces were instrumental in capturing Baghdad, killing Udai and Qusay, and locating Saddam. Don’t mess with the Rwandan SpecOps boys… ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/10 "2003-12-15T05:47:57Z")
Aside from the United Kingdom of Great Britain aqnd Northern Ireland (and maybe Micronesia), every country on that list joined the “coalition” only _after_ being threatened or bribed to do so (and only after Bush had made it clear that he was going to invade Iraq regardless of any arguments or evidence). That makes the _decision_ unilateral (with strong overtones of the local bully demanding his way). ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/11 "2003-12-15T05:47:58Z")
Some people say that **Reeder** is the lefty **december** , but I think it’s more accurate to say that **Hydrocortisone** is the conservative **Reeder**. ---
**Author:** ![Hydrocortisone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Hydrocortisone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hydrocortisone)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/12 "2003-12-15T05:50:50Z")
I don’t much like conservatives either. ---
**Author:** ![Hydrocortisone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Hydrocortisone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hydrocortisone)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/13 "2003-12-15T05:52:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Aside from the United Kingdom of Great Britain aqnd Northern Ireland (and maybe Micronesia), every country on that list joined the “coalition” only after being threatened or bribed to do so (and only after Bush had made it clear that he was going to invade Iraq regardless of any arguments or evidence). That makes the decision unilateral (with strong overtones of the local bully demanding his way). Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Fang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@Fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fang)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/14 "2003-12-15T05:54:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tomndebb \* > \*\*every country on that list joined the “coalition” only _after_ being threatened or bribed to do so \*\* I hate to essentially ask for cites in the Pit, but in what way were Australia, Japan, Italy, Spain, or South Korea threatened or bribed to join the coalition? ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/15 "2003-12-15T05:55:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Revtim \* > \*\*What percentage of countries in this list actually provided troops, I wonder? Did the Eritrean forces capture a lot of territory? \*\* The intelligent question to have asked would have been, ‘What percentage of the countries in this list would we have wanted to provide troops’? There are precious few countries that can deploy significant forces any distance, keep them supplied, then fight next the US Army. Eritrea is not among them. Basing rights, however, are a different matter… ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/16 "2003-12-15T05:59:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Brutus \* > The intelligent question to have asked would have been **Palau _vs_ Canada** Who wins? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/17 "2003-12-15T05:59:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Since liberals like to say US action against Iraq was unilateral Do they? Do they really? Well, gosh-darn those un-american, Saddam-loving liberals anyway. They ought to be hung, those traitorous bastards, they ought…say, before I light the torches, would you mind singling out a few of these nefarious, unilateral action-claiming liberals by name? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/18 "2003-12-15T06:00:47Z")
Heh, I looked up Eritrea since I never heard of it before, and apparently their big battles have been casting off the mighty military oppression of _Ethiopa_… ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/19 "2003-12-15T06:02:15Z")
I came from one of those nations, I know they exist; I also know that many people there were and are opposed to the kiss ass behavior (bribes are not needed, other benefits are considered)of the current ruler, and the same goes for many other nations in that list. Any more questions Mr. burning, itching, irritating, **Hydrocortisone**? ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068/20 "2003-12-15T06:05:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Squink \* > \*\ ***Palau _vs_ Canada** > Who wins? \*\* Neither are in much of a position to do much harm to the other. Regardless, the claim the idiot Left was (and is) making is that Coalition actions in Iraq were _unilateral_. Since it is plain to see that A) We had a ‘Coalition’, and that B) It was made up of more than one country, it is safe to say that the morons who decry the action as ‘unilateral’ do not have a fucking clue what they are talking about. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-hate-these-countries-so-much-they-pretend-they-dont-exist/219068.md?page=2)