The "36 nations" also fighting the War on Terror in Iraq

In his prime time address to the nation on thursday night, President Bush talked about "the 36 nations who have troops on the ground in Iraq" fighting the War on Terror along with us. Basically he made it sound as if the U.S. was just one of 37 nations fighting the war. But its time for a fact check. There are 26, not 36, nations, including us, with troops(or a troop as it turns out to be) in Iraq, but lets take a look at troop numbers shall we?

-----United States: 168,000 troops

----U.K.: 5500 troops

---Australia: 1500 troops

--South Korea: 1200 troops

-Poland: 900
-Romania: 405
-El Salvador: 300
-Georgia: 300
-Azerbaijan: 250
-Fiji: 168
-Bulgaria: 155
-Albania: 120
-Mongolia: 100

-Czech Republic: 89
-Denmark: 55
-Armenia: 46
-Macedonia: 40
-Bosnia: 37
-Kazakhstan: 29
-Moldova: 12
-Italy: 8
-Turkey: 2
-Estonia: 1
-Canada: 1
-Iceland:1
-New Zealand: 1

So there you have it, the 26 nations currently in Iraq. I should note that if you add up all of the other country's troops, it doesn't even equal 7% the number of troops we have. It is completely irresponsible for the President to make it sound as if we're just one of many nations fighting the War in Iraq. There's a difference between those countries who have troops there for diplomatic reasons and the U.S., who is using their troops to police the streets of Baghdad.

Oh, and on a side note, I read something today about Iceland maybe pulling out of Iraq. Some body better break the news to the President that we're going to have one less ally, in fact, one less person, in Iraq.