Saturday, October 02, 2004

Allies from all parts of the world

Kerry would like Americans to believe we are going it alone in Iraq, but that is simply not the case. We have fighting in our cause over 30 nations, contributing over 25,000 troops on the ground. Our biggest ally is Iraq itself, she is currently contributing 100,000 troops with more on the way. Kerry would like the American people to believe he can do it better, but never tells us how. If you visit his website as he requested he outlines his "plan." It turns out his plan is no different then George Bush's plan, except he says he can do it better. Don't be fooled America, Kerry has a track record in the Senate, in his personal life and after the war in Vietnam for failure, his election will only guarantee our failure in Iraq, the latest front in the war against Islamic tyranny. I've include an article from the "Wall Street Journal" to back up my facts.

From The Wall Street Journal
By George MelloanColumn
September 28, 2004
Anyone who believes the canard that U.S. global alliances are in sad disrepair would profit from a conversation ... with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi. Said the diminutive, quiet-spoken diplomat ... "Relations between Japan and the U.S. are the best in years." There's more to this than mere politeness. Japan had to stretch article 9 of its Constitution ... in order to send noncombat forces to Iraq for relief and reconstruction efforts. It is contributing $5 billion to Iraq and helping in Afghanistan as well. ...
Kerry campaign charges of U.S. isolation don't hold up in other parts of the world either. Not with Manmohan Singh, the new prime minister of India ... He told Journal editors that the U.S. and India are moving forward on the strategic partnership ... and, "I don't see any major irritants." India and Pakistan, like Japan and China, are making efforts to mend their troubled relations under U.S. urging. ...
As to Europe, the countries of "New Europe" that are contributing troops to efforts to pacify Iraq and Afghanistan resent the slur that the U.S.-led coalitions are made up of small states and constitute "coalitions of the coerced." Poland (pop. 39 million) and Ukraine (pop. 49 million) are not small states; and in terms of wealth and importance, neither are the United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands. None is easily "coerced."
Even some truly small states are proud that they are helping out. Mikhail Saakashvili, the dynamic 36-year-old president of Georgia ... pointed out that his state (pop. 5 million) has contributed troops to peacekeeping operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo. It has offered to undertake the dangerous task of protecting U.N. teams helping with arrangements for elections in Iraq next January. ...
France ... has been the other major challenger of U.S. policy and the source of much of the buzz that the Bush administration has stirred up "anti-Americanism" abroad. But while President Jacques Chirac rode a wave of popularity ... when he was defying George W. Bush last year, it didn't last. His popularity has since declined and France has become more docile in international councils. It last week raised only mild objections before agreeing to a major North Atlantic Treaty Organization plan for training the new Iraqi army.
So while the casualty figures still mount in Iraq as the insurgency continues to rage, the insurgents appear to be accomplishing very little. Thirty-two countries have contributed a total of 25,000 troops to the U.S.-led coalition. The Iraqi army and police force are being rebuilt to take a larger share of the task of restoring order. The al Sadr forces holding Najaf were routed ... And Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, said last week that the Iraqi elections will go ahead as scheduled in January. Some 15 of Iraq's 18 provinces are stable enough that they could probably hold elections now with not much difficulty.
In addition to the above, the U.S. has more than 60 allies in the Proliferation Security Initiative, a cooperative effort to interdict shipments of lethal materials.

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