Reply #13: Bush made a big deal about coalition partners, for the political impact [View All]

[daleo]

The numbers were not very big (except the U.K.) but he talked it up, to make it seem like a big joint world effort. Now, he will be taking the hit when things go in reverse - the number of troops being lost may not be great, but the political hit is very great.

Around here, people's concern is that this just proves how stupid the whole venture was - Bushco made a big deal about a phony coalition, then it fell apart (or is in the process of doing so), as we all thought it would.