Coalition

Colin Powell’s announce­ment of a coali­tion of 45 allies is a pretty half-​arsed attempt to give an impres­sion of inter­na­tional sup­port for war. No nations in the Middle East, not even those giving prac­ti­cal sup­port to the US, are will­ing to stand up and be counted. Israel has been left off the list, despite pub­li­cally sup­port­ing the war.

The Times quotes a former British diplo­mat as saying, “The last time we had seri­ous global play­ers. We had seri­ous regional powers. This time the Amer­i­cans have cob­bled together a des­per­ate bunch of coun­tries that can’t say ‘no’.”

Mean­while, The Guardian won­ders what Eritrea can do to help.

Posted at 11pm on 21/03/03 by Jack Mottram to the politics category.
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