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Downsizing, Iraq-style: this fall, the "coalition of the willing" will become the coalition of the shrinking. And no, it's not because of the bombings in London.(Dispatches)
American Prospect, The, August, 2005 by McKelvey, Tara
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ON JULY 6, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. Bush celebrated his 59th birthday in Copenhagen with a friend, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. It was an important moment for Bush, and not only because of the Greenland stamp collection he received as a birthday present. He also got a chance to show his appreciation to members of a club that has become increasingly unpopular: the "coalition of the willing." There are roughly 520 Danish troops stationed in Iraq, and Bush paid tribute to their families.
Unfortunately for Bush, there may be a lot fewer people around to thank at ...
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