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Overlooked Ally Stands with U.S. in Afghan War

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  November 5th, 2009 at 09:07 AM  | 

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Reporting from Afghanistan.

Amid the debate in Washington over whether or not to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, it would be easy to overlook the fact that there are thousands of soldiers from other countries in the field with their American counterparts.

There are the British, with thousands of Tommies on the line and a flow of body bags to prove it. So, too, the Australians and Canadians. Germany also has troops here as part of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) as do the Dutch, among others.

And then there are the truly small contingents, whose numbers are few but whose presence, for whatever the individual national reasons, underlines the international nature of the conflict.

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  • Ausonius

    “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

    How much greater is his reward, if he lay it down for the defense of strangers?

  • johnt

    and gratitude is due. Now if only our “leader” would stop dithering, stop holding his finger up to the wind, and rearrange his priorities, we might cease leaving our allies wondering about our commitment.
    But it doesn’t look good.

  • samdallas

    The brits and candians in particular have really pitched in if you look at the numbers. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

  • manukaudave

    And also, as a New Zealander, may i say that often these soldiers are sent at the risk of considerable Political Capital. Surely, then, these Governments and people deserve the compliment of being able to support a steady and comprehensible Policy from our Big Brother in the States.

  • http://davesnotepad.blogspot.com/ Dave

    It cannot end soon enough for me.

    -Dave

  • samdallas

    There was a well-articulated and popular (in and out of the US) justification for the war in Afghanistan. It was Iraq where there was political capital at stake as Blair found out the hard way.