Let’s clarify a bit about the Iraq coalition. President Bush last night thanked “the 36 nations who have troops on the ground in Iraq.” We count 25 of them (including, um, us) as part of Multinational Force-Iraq, most of whom have a tiny presence “on the ground”; six nations that have a non-MNF-I presence as part of a Nato mission that mostly takes place outside of Iraq; and then brave Fiji, which helps protect the United Nations mission. (Also mostly outside Iraq.)
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179884