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BUFDRVR wrote:

2 of the 4 zones are under European command with thousands upon
thousands of troops in theatre from over a dozen European nations.. If
that's minimal, what were you expecting?


I don't believe your "thousands upon thousands" makes up 10% of the
total
force. I believe we were hoping for (not expecting) closer to 25-33%.


If you mean French and German forces aren't there, say so, please
don't tar us all with the same brush since there are more than 2
countries on the continent.


The European nation involved are much appreciated and their contribution
is not
taken lightly, however, if it were not for the two nations named above,
their
would be much greater (in numbers) European involvement.



Possibly, but what do you really expect from France and Germany? They
were vehemently opposed to this war, they said it was a bad idea and
that Saddam didn't represent a acute threat. They said that invading
Iraq would lead to trouble and wouldn't help a damn in the war against
terrorism and have in their own view been proven right on all accounts.
Now you'd expect them to send troops there nonetheless? That's expecting
the impossible.

In fact, at least according to an opinion poll in this morning's
newspaper, right now there only is one EU country in which a majority of
the people aren't opposed to sending troops (namely Denmark). In all EU
countries that sent troops (Including Spain, the UK and The Netherlands)
the majority of the population is against it. Of course, opinion polls
should be taken with a grain of salt (though politicians certainly watch
them) but the US ought to consider itself lucky that at least some of
those countries sent troops, if not for the numbers but for a semblance
of international support.

Regards,
Ralph Savelsberg


Waouh!!Someone telling something clear,true,coherent and clever here!