Coalition of the Willing… to Leave
November 27th, 2006 | by Jersey McJones |Well, that’s about it for the “Coalition of the Willing”…
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Britain may start pulling out of Iraq
11/27/2006, 7:30 a.m. CT
By JENNIFER QUINN
The Associated PressLONDON (AP) — Britain said Monday it expects to withdraw thousands of its 7,000 military personnel from Iraq by the end of next year, while Poland and Italy announced the impending withdrawal of their remaining troops.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski said his country, a U.S. ally in Iraq and Afghanistan, would pull its remaining 900 soldiers out of Iraq by the end of 2007. And Italian Premier Romano Prodi said the last of Italy’s soldiers in Iraq — some 60-70 troops — will return home this week, ending the Italian contingent’s presence in the south of the country after more than three years.
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As the Coalition of Willing began to feel more like the Coalition of the Killing, they started to fall apart. Though some 20+ countries are sticking with the Coalition thus far, few of them are offering more than just moral support, and that’s about all they have to give anyway. There are only a few thousand non-US troops on the ground there now, and if Britian and Poland pull out, there will be only the equivilant of a foreign Boy Scout jamboree to assist us there. Since the fighting began, Japan, Spain, the Dutch and Ukrainians, Nicaragua and Honduras, and the Philippines have all pulled their troops out of Bush’s tragic debacle in Iraq. Meanwhile, the US is pressing NATO to take on Afghanistan, though it seems it may be too late their as well.
Maybe we should have listened to the French after all.
JMJ
9 Responses to “Coalition of the Willing… to Leave”
By Dusty on Nov 27, 2006 | Reply
Bet the French are glad we wouldn’t allow them to participate in the reconstruction as well. Everyone is putting a deadline on participation..but us.
By Jersey McJones on Nov 27, 2006 | Reply
Yeah, so much for the spoils of war, huh?
JMJ
By Dusty on Nov 27, 2006 | Reply
It IS all spoiled..we did it..aren’t we just the bestest country in the whole world?
By Paul Watson The Cranky Brit on Nov 28, 2006 | Reply
Jersey,
They’ve made clear that this pull out is dependent upon facts on the ground and they’ll still be in Iraq, just in barracks rather than on the streets. Of course, as a comedian over here said:
By Jersey McJones on Nov 28, 2006 | Reply
Exactly, Paul!
JMJ
By Dusty on Nov 28, 2006 | Reply
Paul, do you agree that the comedian hit the nail on the head with regard to a timeline for withdrawal? The powers that be can call it whatever they want, use what ever excuse they wish..but it boils down to this…everyone wants a deadline to this madness, except the war-mongering supporters of it.
By Paul Watson The Cranky Brit on Nov 28, 2006 | Reply
Dusty,
Given that we have elections in May, I would not be surprised if some good news came out of Iraq in March or April. Which, coincidentally, is when the current not timetable is pointed towards for withdrawing from active engagement in Basra.
By Dusty on Nov 28, 2006 | Reply
Ah, see…I didn’t realize that Paul..thanks for pointing it out
By REB 84 on Dec 3, 2006 | Reply
Well, there is still plenty of warok in Afghanistan.