List of the contract eligible Coalition nations-Palau & Iceland!!!

[underpants]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030321-4.html

Forty-eight countries are publicly committed to the Coalition, including:
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
United States
Uzbekistan

Republic of Palau
http://www.visit-palau.com/
Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/palau.html
The Icelandic Defense Force (IDF) is headquartered in Keflavik and is US-Manned
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/mil_not

[BlueEyedSon]

1. LOL.... imagine the French firms setting up shell companies in

Palau....

thx U.P.!

[terrya]

2. Who needs France when Bush has Micronesia?

Or Canada...Or Mexico...Or Germany...Or Russia....

[underpants]

3. Notice who is listed second to last

Why....It's US!!!!!

Okay we obviously are a member (the member) of this vast coalition so technically that is accurate but in reality they tried to make the number larger.

[kskiska]

5. They could have listed individual states

but I guess they thought that would be pushing the envelope.

[underpants]

7. Well since they are calling up Guardsmen..

adn since guardsmen are actually under the control of the Governor of that state..............

[glarius]

4. I'll tell you something LUDICROUS that goes uncommented upon by the media!

My country (Canada)has the largest contingent of troops (aside from the Americans) in Afghanistan...Germany also has a fare share of troops there....Wasn't that the original commitment to fighting terrorism the Bushies were after?....And now because we didn't support the Iraq attack we are treated as enemies!....disgusting!

[underpants]

6. The Germans are in charge of security in Afghanistan now

and have more peace keepers deployed around the world than anyone. You probably already knew that. The last I had heard French troops were there too to train (with the Americans) the new Afghan army, you never hear that mentioned on the news now do you?

[glarius]

8. And so the average American believes we are all letting the U.S.A

fight the "war on terrorism" without our help....This effects the way we are treated when we go to places like Florida in the winter, etc....It's pretty shitty!
edit---I believe the Germans have just recently handed over the command of security to Canada....I could be wrong, but I believe that is so...:)

[underpants]

9. Oh

Okay but their troops are still there I believe. You know at the ACTUAL war on terror.

[glarius]

10. Oh ya....the German troops are still there

:)