The fact we have 36 countries fighting on our side in Iraq must be news to the soldiers over there. I don’t know who these people are or how many divisions they have. All we read about in the papers are American GIs getting killed by IEDs and terrible accidents and all kinds of enemy action over there. … The idea we’re one of 36 countries fighting the war I think is ludicrous and why the President would throw that out there, I think it only opens him up to ridicule.
CNN reported in Feburary that the Coalition of the Willing was down to 22 nations, and the Associated Press finds most of our allies are making a token contribution at best:
There may well be 36 nations contributing to the cause, but the overwhelming majority of troops come from the United States. For example, Albania has 120 soldiers there and Bulgaria has 150 non-combat troops in Iraq. Bush visited both nations this summer as a thank you.
The United States has 168,000 troops in Iraq.
Get their full fact-check on the speech here.
Hey El_Hornito,
ReplyDeleteWant to know the true significance of the number 36 in Bush's speech? There obviously are not 36 countries fighting in "Babble on." So why did our Bonesman President use it in his speech last night?
36 is the triangular number base for 666.
Now read what I posted before Bush's speech. yesterday
Merely a coincidence? I think I have proven otherwise!!
Understanding 666