Thursday, November 13, 2003

What Happened to Our Coalition?

So far, Japan and South Korea have decided against sending troops to Iraq, at least until the people keeping the peace stop getting killed on a daily basis. In an impressive display of self-governance, the Iraqi people have decided that they don't want Turkish troops in--a move which we probably could have seen coming since Turkey used to own Iraq.

Just 240 days ago, we had a coalition of 30 countries (Colin Powell's words, not mine). We'll overlook whether or not that actually existed and just consider how Bush's "Up Yours" attitude toward international diplomacy, plus the general lack of a plan for keeping peacekeepers alive, has managed to scare off everyone.

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