[lbo-talk] "Poland"

[Andy F]

On 11/16/06, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is it something Bush said in the debates about the
> coalition of the willing or something?

>From <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_forgot_Poland>
(they have the most random shit)

Presidential debates

During the debate John Kerry accused Bush of failing to gain
international support for the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, saying "... when
we went in, there were three countries: Great Britain, Australia and
the United States. That's not a grand coalition. We can do better."
Bush replied by saying "Well, actually, he forgot Poland." "You forgot
Poland" is thus a misquotation.

[...]

Popularization of the term

Paraphrased as "You forgot Poland", the term became a popular catch
phrase among Bush detractors, seen as a humorously petty rebuttal of
Kerry's original point (i.e. that Bush claimed that over 40 nations
were "supporting" the invasion, when the number of nations that had
contributed over 1,000 troops was low; therefore even if Bush's
statement was entirely accurate, four nations with large troop numbers
on the ground as opposed to three was still nowhere near forty). The
phrase was used on bumper stickers, T-shirts and other merchandise.


-- 
Andy