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via PoliBlog and Redsugar Muse:
17 nations are shown on this map as belonging to the Coalition in the Iraq War. The full list includes:
Albania
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Colombia
Czech Republic
Denmark
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Georgia
Hungary
Italy
Japan (post conflict)
Korea
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Netherlands
Norway
Nicaragua
Philippines
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Uzbekistan
From Bush’s acceptance speech:
Our allies also know the historic importance of our work. About 40 nations stand beside us in Afghanistan, and some 30 in Iraq. And I deeply appreciate the courage and wise counsel of leaders like Prime Minister Howard, and President Kwasniewski, and Prime Minister Berlusconi – and, of course, Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Again, my opponent takes a different approach. In the midst of war, he has called America’s allies, quote, a “coalition of the coerced and the bribed”. That would be nations like Great Britain, Poland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark, El Salvador, Australia, and others – allies that deserve the respect of all Americans, not the scorn of a politician. I respect every soldier, from every country, who serves beside us in the hard work of history. America is grateful, and America will not forget.
This “unilateral” charge that the Left keeps slinging around is disingenuous.
From William Safire:
All that sustained thumb-sucking you heard about this being a polarized electorate, with only a tiny sliver of undecideds, has just ended with a loud pop. Polls that showed John Kerry ahead by a few points going into his convention a month ago now show President Bush up 11 points. That means the old “swing vote” still swings and the battle for voters is in the political center.
