Friday, December 03, 2004

Status of Coalition of the Willing -- don't forget Poland!




Here's a summary of President Bush's coalition of the willing (from GlobalSecurity, via Daily Kos) -- a total of 23,900 troops (half from the UK):

United Kingdom: 12,000 (will decrease to 10,500 in near future)
Italy: 3,169
South Korea: 2,800 (will increase to 3,600)
Poland (see YouForgotPoland.com): 2,400 (gradual complete pullout in 2005)
Ukraine: 1,400 (complete pull out over next few months?)
Netherlands: 1,345 (complete pullout by March 2005)
Romania: 700
Japan: 750
Denmark: 496
Bulgaria: 485 (pulling out 20 of those in near future)
El Salvador: 380
Hungary: 300 (complete pullout by March 2005)
Australia: 920
Mongolia: 180
Georgia: 159 (850 by end of 2004)
Azerbajian: 151
Portugal: 128
Latvia: 122
Czech: 110 (down to 10 in near future)
Lithuania: 105
Slovakia: 105
Albania: 71
Estonia: 55
Tonga: 45
Kazakhstan: 29
Macedonia: 28
Moldova: 12
Norway: 10

Countries that have pulled out -- Thailand, Spain, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Philippines, Singapore, and New Zealand. Armenia was supposed to offer a 50-man contingent, but that is now up in the air. Fiji will send 130 troops to serve as security for the UN mission.