Update on the 'Coalition of the Willing': 97% Pentagon

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Wednesday November 28, 2007 · 7:14 PM PST

2007/11/28 · 19:14

The following (except the U.S. levels) is collected from: Bush's disappearing alliance. The Boston Globe gave no figure for U.S. troops or mercenaries; my sources for the U.S. levels are below.

Combined with the info below the fold, this indicates the total coalition force to be approximately 345,700, of which 335,000 are U.S. Military or paid for by the Pentagon. Thus 97% of the coalition troops are provided by our government. Some of the US-hired contractors may not be considered mercenaries, but all of the contractors are supporting our military effort and doing jobs that our military would have fulfilled in past wars.

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Sunday May 20, 2007 · 4:32 PM PDT

2007/05/20 · 16:32

I was a guest at the convention yesterday, and this is how I saw it.

Last-minute efforts put these questions before the delegates to the Massachusetts Democratic Party's annual convention in Amherst yesterday, and both passed overwhelmingly on voice votes (the impeachment resolution was nearly unanimous). Regarding #2, HR 1234 was introduced by Dennis Kucinich and calls for complete withdrawal of troops within 3 months or enactment. Below is the actual wording from each measure.

The voters of the Massachusetts Democratic Convention call upon the Massachusetts delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate these charges and if the investigation supports the charges, vote to impeach George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney as provided in the Constitution of the United States of America.

The Massachusetts Democratic Party urges its Senators and Congressmen in Washington to support vigorously the enactment as soon as possible of HR 1234 and to emphasize in so doing the utter immorality of allowing US troops and innocent Iraqis to die and be maimed in a war that is harming rather than enhancing US national security and honor.

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