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September 26, 2005
Alone in Iraq
That's the message we get daily from the left and the MSM: we're "going it alone" in Iraq, and the rest of the world has abandoned not only us, but the Iraqis.
Not true.
As Allan Wall points out on Front Page Magazine, there is a coalition in Iraq:
The U.S. presently has 26 coalition partners here in Iraq, with a total of over 23,000 troops which are neither American nor Iraqi.
Here is a list of our 26 partners, in descending order of troop strength: the UK, South Korea, Italy, Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, Romania, Japan, Australia, Denmark, Bulgaria, El Salvador, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Mongolia, Lithuania, Albania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Norway and the Netherlands.
Just because France, Germany and Russia declared they would not be a part of the mission in Iraq (and we all know why now), that doesn't mean there is no coalition. It makes me think of my high school days, when the kids who thought they were cooler than everyone else would consider any gathering without them a "non-event," even when everyone else was having a great time without them.
Here in Iraq, we have allies with worthy traditions, distinguished units, good equipment and dedicated soldiers. They deserve our respect and appreciation, and we can learn from them. As the Operation Iraqi Freedom continues its fight, we should not forget the contributions of our coalition allies.
Hear, hear.
UPDATE: Oops...click here for that Frontpage Magazine link.
Posted by Pam at September 26, 2005 01:29 PM
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Comments
While the 'going it alone' moniker isn't necessarily valid, we do live in a sound-bite world. It's unfortunate that sound-bites are all our American viewers and listeners are capable of absorbing (and who knows - maybe the whole world's that way? I dunno, I don't pay enough attention to international media or their consumers to know), but that is the obvious demonstrated case.
However, it is mostly our military in harm's way. It is mostly our money going to the effort.
Nit-picking about the language used, however inaccurate it might be, does nothing to obfuscate the realities.
Posted by: tj at September 26, 2005 04:55 PM
TJ, welcome back...I thought you had abandoned us!
Posted by: Pam at September 26, 2005 07:46 PM
Thanks, Pam - :)
Abandoned, no - swamped with work, yes :)
Posted by: tj at September 26, 2005 09:24 PM