Thursday, February 22, 2007

Coalition of the Willing

Of course everyone knew that the coalition of the willing was nonsense. The UK was the only significant country, and they're reducing their troop levels. Word came today that Denmark will be doing the same. Good for them. The thing that caught my eye, though, was this:
COALITION FORCES
US -132,000
UK - 7,100
South Korea - 3,200
Poland - 900
Georgia - 800-850
Australia - 900
Romania - 600-865
Denmark - 460
El Salvador - 380
Bulgaria - 150
Sources: Brookings Institution; Globalsecurity.org; media reports

I'm not very good at math, but that number at the top there, right next to the letters US, seems a whole lot bigger than the rest. So if Bush's coalition of the willing wasn't significant for its troop contributions but rather as a list of countries he could point to and say "see?!", then now that the willing are quickly becoming the departed Bush should start to see the light, right? Maybe? Please?