"Coalition Of The Willing" Comes To An End As Last British Troops Leave Iraq

New York Times:

Commanders of the Multi-National Force-Iraq, as the American-led military coalition here is formally called, have a looming nomenclature problem.

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Comments

[JimLarkin]

08:35 AM on 07/29/2009

I knew when Mali withdrew their aircraft carrier group we were gonna be lonely.

[YewNeekId]

07:45 AM on 07/29/2009

I'm happy for the Brits, but so disappointed in Obama who in a videotaped videotaped interview, October 27, 2007 said - and this is a quote

"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home, we will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank."

Another Obama promise in the dumper

[SecretSister]

05:13 AM on 07/29/2009

I get the feeling that the Iraqs are going to have to kick everybody out in order to get their country back.

Hooray for vacations! The sooner the British leave, then the sooner the US can too.

[DingoDave]

02:53 AM on 07/29/2009

- How about we start calling it what it really was?
The "Coalition Of The Deceived".

[dutchman]

05:16 AM on 07/29/2009

You beat me to it. How about "Coalition of the Coerced"?

[Wisdo]

05:19 AM on 07/29/2009

Coalition of conformity?

these are all great band names.

[yakaria]

11:56 PM on 07/28/2009

And as the last of the British troops roll out and the seeds of democracy is sown it is up to the Iraqi people to take their destinies into their own hands and make a new day. And that's the way it is.

[BraineyRubble]

11:47 PM on 07/28/2009

Coalition, Inc.

[BannedInBoston]

11:35 PM on 07/28/2009

Bring home the troops, leave the contractors (without pay or airfare....)

[pfc1369]

10:34 PM on 07/28/2009

So I guess it's now back to the coalition of the unwilling.

[avchavis]

10:13 PM on 07/28/2009

We need to get out of the middle east - I bet we'll have funding for healtcare reform after that. All of the other countries have withdrawn - it's time for the US to go too.

[kapalabhati]

09:58 PM on 07/28/2009

Did it ever?

[researcher]

09:29 PM on 07/28/2009

just heard today we are now going to start selling iraq our jet fighters.

not only did the oil companies make out with a 40 years reserve of oil now our industrial military complex is going to make mega profits selling weapons to iraqis.

and who controls america?

americans love their super power status but oh what a price to pay. ie bankruptcy.

super power status national ego thing.

[Bernique]

10:39 PM on 07/28/2009

agree. One weapon system, eliminated =health care for many

[jesuswazasocialist]

09:23 PM on 07/28/2009

To be replaced with the Coalition of the not to willing.

[AmericanWarrior]

09:14 PM on 07/28/2009

Coalition huh?

[rollingdivision]

08:59 PM on 07/28/2009

President Obama has not answered any of the questions of the Powell doctrine about his war in Afghanistan.

1. Is a vital national security interest threatened in Afghanistan?
2. Do we have a clear attainable objective?
3. Have the risks and costs been fully and frankly analyzed?
4. Have all other non-violent policy means been fully exhausted?
5. Is there a plausible exit strategy to avoid endless entanglement?
6. Have the consequences of our action been fully considered?
7. Is the action supported by the American people?
8. Do we have genuine broad international support?[1]

[wadenelson1]

10:06 PM on 07/28/2009

Holy Batmobile, Robin.

For the first time EVER I am agreeing with Rolling Division!

[Bernique]

10:44 PM on 07/28/2009

rolling --why are we in Afghanistan, why are we in Iraq, why are we stirring things up in Pakistan and Iran?The U.S. industrial military complex is making a living off of selling or giving weapons around the world. Isn't arms/weapons- making the last manufacturing enterprise left in the U.S.? No wonder we're so belligerent.

[fireW]

08:34 PM on 07/28/2009

More like the "coalition of the willing-to-be-bribed". Conveniently, weasel failed to provide us with the details of how much we actually promised and/or paid to coalition members (except perhaps Britain) to pretend they had sufficient indignation about Saddam to send someone else's child to die for bushco.