Tragically, all were killed when the screen door opened…
Back in 1991, the US was quite happy that France, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the UK each provided roughly a division worth of ground troops for the liberation of Kuwait. The equipment (M60A3s, AMX-30s, T-62s, etc) was not the equivalent of US units, but was still quite serviceable and very useful. If the criterion for useful contribution to a land battle is having the latest US MBTs, you might note that the US has sold a lot of M1A1 and M1A2 Abrams to the region:
All three of these nations sent troops against Iraq in 1991, and all three declined to do so in 2003.
And lest we forget our noble ally Spain…
Who’s population was in excess of 90% opposed to Spanish participation and displayed thier ire in no uncertain terms.
The Spanish leadership, apparently untroubled by such popular sentiment, leapt into the fray…well, sidled up to the fray…ok, extended a toe into the fray…
In order to bring democracy to Iraq. Ignoring democracy in order to foster democracy. Such delicate irony, no?
Which brings the question: of this list of stalwart allies, how many made this bold step with the full consent of the governed?
Full consent? Reckon that would be a big ol goose egg. Including the US.
But fuck 'em. We have the Conch Republic on our side. With them, we don’t even need Sealand.
As a conservative doper, I have to things to say:
- Yes, that’s unfair, I agree. It sucks.
- Welcome to the club. Those of us on the other side of politics have been on the receiving end of that type of presumption for as long as I can remember.
Can you name anything done by any nation which had the “full consent of the governed”?
What about Chad? Who’s side is Chad on?
I’m siding with Pitcairn Island, just to be safe.
“Government type: parliamentary democracy tending toward anarchy”
No need for the CIA to get sniffy about the Solomon Islands. After all, this description could fit most governments of the EU. 
And let us have no denigration of the military capabilities of the Macedonians, whose troops formed a key part of this Coalition:
One hen.
Two ducks.
Three squawking geese.
Four Limerick oysters.
Five corpulent porpoises.
Six pairs of Don Alberto’s tweezers.
Seven thousand Macedonians in full battle array.
Eight brass monkeys from the ancient sacred crypts of Egypt.
Nine apathetic, sympathetic, diabetic old men on roller skates with a marked propensity towards procrastination and sloth.
Ten lyrical, spherical, diabolical denizens of the deep who hall stall around the quo of the quay of the queasy all at the very same time.
It’s an unfair tactic whichever way it’s used, on that I have to agree with my warmongering hawk bastard friend here. 
Are you a turtle?
Chad is at Jeremy’s side, isn’t he?
Holy farging shnit, Jackmanii! I ain’t heard that since Junior High camp. Nice!
That’s certainly true, it’s a stupid tactic used against conservatives as well.
hijack:
I worked with a guy with similar history. Two things stick out in my memory. He had a t-shirt bearing a B&W pic of a guy firing an AK-47 with the words “Eritrea… NEVER KNEEL!”. Also he claimed/complained that most of the Ethiopia Drought aid was rerouted to the Ethiopian army during that civil war.
There’s a basis of truth to that - warlordism certainly wasn’t uncommon in the Ethiopian/Eritrean war.
Please excuse the posts dealing with facts and return to insulting small nations to make your political views seem more valid.
Woohoo! Dibs on Costa Rica, which doesn’t even have a standing army.
I thought we were insulting small countries to compensate for our collectively tiny penises (peni?).
In any event, I’d like to take this time to mock and vilify Rhode Island. Granted, not a tiny country, but a hilariously tiny state with an absurdly long name (Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations). RI, I salute you. And by “salute”, I of course mean “thumb my nose at you”.
The last time the Macedonians came to Iraq, they kicked ass and took names.
Oh I don’t doubt it Coldfire. The fog of war plus a natural disaster makes that kind of thing easy and commonplace. His was a slightly partisan telling of the story though he was a pretty good, earnest guy.