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Dead_Parrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-04 04:42 AM
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19. Coalition of the vanishing...
Edited on Wed Apr-21-04 05:27 AM by Dead_Parrot
A list from http://www.geocities.com/pwhce/willing.html#othermaps
#Indicates a country that has announced a pull-out.
Counting on my toes, the retractions leave a hole of 4,500 troops - Haven't checked the figures, though... Edited for layout.

Coalition of the Dying (500+ troops):
United States of America, 130,000
United Kingdom, 9,000
Italy, 3,000
#Poland, 2,460
Ukraine, 1,600
#Spain, 1,300
Netherlands, 1,100
Australia, 800
Romania, 700

Coalition of the Token Effort (<500 troops):
Portugal
Denmark
Norway
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Hungary
Albania
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Japan
Philippines
Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Marshall Islands
Moldova
Mongolia
Palau
Thailand
#Dominican Republic
#Honduras
#New Zealand
Kuwait

Coalition of the not-there (no troops in Iraq):
Iceland
Croatia
Slovenia
South Korea
Singapore
Micronesia
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Colombia
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Uganda
Rwanda
Angola
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  -Major Rearrangement of U.S. Forces in Iraq to Deal With Holes in Coalition NNN0LHI  Apr-20-04 10:14 PM   #0 
  - Stretched too thin as it...  Hobarticus   Apr-20-04 10:18 PM   #1 
  - The rest of the reserves called up SOON  saigon68   Apr-20-04 10:24 PM   #2 
  - This is SNAFU, saigon68...  Hobarticus   Apr-20-04 10:28 PM   #4 
  - Seriously? Do you really think so?  brokensymmetry   Apr-20-04 10:43 PM   #8 
     - Just my ravings  saigon68   Apr-21-04 05:37 AM   #20 
     - Looks like a pretty good track record.  brokensymmetry   Apr-21-04 07:04 AM   #21 
     - We're pumped to pump Iraq  seemslikeadream   Apr-21-04 08:40 AM   #36 
     - Actually its all spelled out  Jacobin   Apr-21-04 07:32 AM   #25 
  - Fungible  BrotherBuzz   Apr-20-04 10:26 PM   #3 
  - Remember when Poland was going to be in charge of Baghdad?  alcuno   Apr-20-04 10:28 PM   #5 
  - Oh yes, the way was going to be paved with rose petals...  Hobarticus   Apr-20-04 10:32 PM   #6 
     - the corporatons got a tax cut in Iraq  cap   Apr-21-04 04:14 AM   #17 
  - US troops have GOT to know the coalitions  Mari333   Apr-20-04 10:39 PM   #7 
  - I have been told that bad news travels fast in the military  NNN0LHI   Apr-20-04 10:44 PM   #9 
  - Since you've got some insights the rest of us don't -  brokensymmetry   Apr-20-04 10:44 PM   #10 
     - Unilateral?  liquidstealth   Apr-21-04 01:09 AM   #11 
     - As I understand it...  AZCat   Apr-21-04 01:44 AM   #12 
     - Bush made a big deal about coalition partners, for the political impact  daleo   Apr-21-04 01:53 AM   #13 
     - Good point about political hit of things going in reverse  AZCat   Apr-21-04 01:59 AM   #14 
     - Um, excuse me  Jacobin   Apr-21-04 07:37 AM   #26 
     - well, Michael emailed us last week  Mari333   Apr-21-04 09:01 AM   #37 
  - Who's left?  Nihil   Apr-21-04 03:24 AM   #15 
  - I believe Eritria is holding fast  Jacobin   Apr-21-04 07:38 AM   #27 
  - Oh irony ...  Nihil   Apr-21-04 08:19 AM   #32 
  - I belive Moldova's  Dead_Parrot   Apr-21-04 08:33 AM   #34 
  - Republican senator:Bring back the draft  radfringe   Apr-21-04 03:42 AM   #16 
  - hmmmm.. Titanic...deck chairs... need I say more ??  SoCalDem   Apr-21-04 04:37 AM   #18 
  - Coalition of the vanishing...  Dead_Parrot   Apr-21-04 04:42 AM   #19 
  - South Korea does actually have troops in Iraq.  chenGOD   Apr-21-04 07:25 AM   #22 
  - Perfectly true...  Dead_Parrot   Apr-21-04 07:41 AM   #28 
     - Actually it was a great help...  chenGOD   Apr-21-04 09:12 AM   #38 
  - More from Daily Kos  July   Apr-21-04 07:29 AM   #24 
     - Thanks July...  Dead_Parrot   Apr-21-04 07:58 AM   #29 
        - You're welcome, DP. Seems as if it's changing every day.  July   Apr-21-04 08:01 AM   #30 
        - Don't you ever listen to Georgie boy?  Nihil   Apr-21-04 08:14 AM   #31 
           - LOL... n/t  Dead_Parrot   Apr-21-04 08:31 AM   #33 
  - Pentagon plans for possible troop increase in Iraq  JudiLyn   Apr-21-04 07:26 AM   #23 
  - U.S. Forces need Major Rearrangement of * to deal with hole in head  nolabels   Apr-21-04 08:36 AM   #35 
 

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