[lbo-talk] Worker Communist Party of Iraq, April 4, 2004

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Grant Lee grantlee at iinet.net.au, Wed Apr 14 18:45:44 PDT 2004:
>  > It's neither the white man's burden nor social democracy, both of
>>  which have been practiced in the real world.  "[M]ultinational
>>  forces, excluding the US and other countries which participated in
>>  the war coalition," are not on this planet.
>>  --
>>  Yoshie
>
>Huh? There are only 45-50 member states (containing only one in five 
>humans) in the coalition of the willing. 
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.-led_coalition_against_Iraq 
>http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/news/20030327-10.html
>
>And I would suggest that "unwillingness", in an overwelming majority 
>of cases, indicates a disapproval of the use of force to remove 
>Saddam and does not imply a desire to see either (1) the Ba'ath 
>reinstated, (2) a Shia Islamist government and/or (3) the civil war 
>which would result from (1) or (2).
>
>(The Wikipedia article adds that the "Nations unwilling" include: 
>"Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, 
>Belgium, Brazil, Canada (but some Canadian troops on exchange 
>programs are involved)[8], Cape Verde, Chile, People's Republic of 
>China, Comoros [9], Croatia (but is providing airspace), Cuba, the 
>Czech Republic (but is supplying anti-chemical specialists), 
>Djibouti [10], Ecuador, Egypt [11], France, Germany (airspace use), 
>Greece (airspace use), Guinea-Bissau, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan 
>[12], Lebanon [13], Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritania 
>[14], Mexico, Morocco [15], Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, 
>Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway (but will provide 
>humanitarian aid), Oman [16], Pakistan, Palestinian Authority [17], 
>Russia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia [18], Serbia, Slovenia 
>(providing air space), Solomon Islands (protested against being 
>called coalition members: [19][20]), Somalia [21], Sri Lanka, Sweden 
>(but will provide humanitarian aid), Switzerland, Sudan [22], Syria 
>[23], Tunisia [24], Ukraine (providing anti-chemical weapon troops 
>to Kuwait), United Arab Emirates [25], the Vatican, Venezuela, Yemen 
>[26], Zimbabwe. Total: 64 confirmed."
>
>"Nations declared neutral or with a non-aggressive stance: Ireland 
>(declared neutrality), Singapore (declared itself a member of the 
>'coalition for the immediate disarmament of Iraq,' not the 
>'coalition of the willing'), Thailand (declared neutrality) Total: 3 
>confirmed."
>
>"Nations that have not announced a stance or whose intentions are 
>yet unclear (1991 participants are in italics): Andorra, the 
>Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia, 
>Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, the 
>Central African Republic, Chad, Chechnya, Cyprus, Democratic 
>Republic of the Congo, Dominica, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, 
>Fiji, Finland (but see: Anneli Jäätteenmäki), Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, 
>Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, the Ivory 
>Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, 
>Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Moldova, 
>Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, Niue, 
>Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Republic of the Congo, Saint 
>Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, 
>Seychelles, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, 
>Togo, Tonga, Trinidad, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uruguay, Vanuatu, 
>Vietnam, Western Sahara, Zambia. Total: 86.")

None of the governments that have refused to participate in the 
invasion and occupation of Iraq so far will send its own troops to 
occupy and pacify Iraq without US troops performing the majority of 
combat duties.
-- 
Yoshie

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