HURRY--fact check...36 nations with troops on the ground in Iraq?

[Horse with no Name]

I KNOW that is bullshit.

[graywarrior]

1. Yeah, my head spinned on that one

[Gabi Hayes]

2. with a total of how many troops? I remember seeing recently that Australia has

500

find their ranking among the 36, and you'll get an idea how many other troops are there

[Nitrogenica]

3. Link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_force_in_Iraq

21 countries?

[Horse with no Name]

6. Tweety checking it now...

[onethatcares]

4. don't forget Poland,

(whoops, they left already)

[CatWoman]

5. The Republic of Bob - Check

Dumbfuckingstan - Check

Strawberry Tootie Fields - Check

[graywarrior]

7. HA, Tweety just asked Biden who the 36 countires are?

[rocktivity]

10. Here's seven of them

Munchkinland
The Land of Hona-Lee
The land where the bong tree grows
Narnia
Never Never Land
Camazotz
Caladian

:crazy:
rocknation

[Sparkly]

11. Land of a thousand dances.

Disneyland.
Dreamland.
LaLaLand.
Candyland.

[Art_from_Ark]

19. Don't forget Erehwon!

Everyone seems to overlook the significant contributions of the Erehwonians!

And the Lilliputians! Almost forgot about them!
:crazy:

[rocktivity]

8. dupe, please delete

n/t

[graywarrior]

12. But not Hogsmead

And that counts for something

[madrchsod]

9. 21 countries......

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/03/iraq_by_the_numbers.html
Iraq By the Numbers

[rocktivity]

16. 49: Number of countries in the Coalition of the Willing...in 2003

11,095: Number of non-American troops that will remain in Iraq after the upcoming Coalition withdrawals

21: Number of countries in the Coalition by mid-2007 after Britain, Denmark, and South Korea reduce their forces


That's an average of 528 troops per country, and this stats are as of this March. Nothing to e-mail home about.

:headbang:
rocknation

[cascadiance]

17. That would be the "Coalition of the BILLING" as Jeremy Scahill would call it!

[Liberal In Texas]

13. Maybe he meant 36 OIL COMPANIES on the ground trying to make private oil deals....

* lied. Who would have guessed.

[Contrary1]

14. He's probably counting the countries of the mercenaries in that total n/t

[cascadiance]

15. Like all of those Chileans from Pinochet's army that Jeremy Scahill says work for Blackwater

[Gabi Hayes]

18. How many troops does Iran have in Iraq?

don't they have WMDs, too?

and didn't they really cause 911?

[Kajsa]

20. Didn't half of them leave?

n/t

[Horse with no Name]

21. At least half. n/t