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Pocho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-27-03 12:48 PM
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4. A BIT OF THE TRUTH SNEAKS IN
I asked the same questions elsewhere and was lead to this web site http://www.areporter.com/sys-tmpl/thecoalitionofthewilling/. It names 44 nations in the coalition. Read it and weap or laugh.

Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Palau, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Tonga, Uganda,Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, and Uzbekistan.

The following is given regarding military troop deployment. Rolling on the floor is permitted.

US 300,000,
UK 45,000,
Australia 2,000,
Urakaine 500,
Netherlands 360,
Romania 278,
Poland 200,
Bulgaria 150,
Albania 70,
Bulgaria 1 sub 1 warship,
Spain 1 medical ship,
Czech Republic 1 NBC team,
32 other nations, none.

For comparison consider.

There are 191 independent nations in the world and 62 colonies. The colonies are owned as follows:

United States 24,
England 14,
France 7,
Australia 6,
New Zealand 3,
Norway 3,
Denmark 2,
Netherlands 2,
China 1

Note that the first three nations supplying the most troops also own 44 of the 62 colonies. And with the exception of France, New Zealand, and China, all of those owning colonies are in the coalition.

Dare we think and say imperialism?

Overall conclusion: Bull shit!
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