what countries were 'with' us on the Iraq invastion?

[Czar]

Originally posted by: DoubleL
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looks like we went to war with a U.N. Coalition to me but what I wanted to know was who did not sign the paper to go to war other than Russia, France and Germany
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"Sign the paper to go to war"?? Do you even know how the UN works? The UN never sanctioned the war in Iraq. The issue was dropped before a vote would have occured in the UN Security Council.
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I think I know how the UN works if you call it that, I should have said I don't care who went or didn't go or sent what or who wanted what, I wanted to know what countries in the UN did not sign a resolution of war for the US to go to war other than Russia, France, Germany,

that resolution was never brought up because france germany and russia wanted to wait two months for the inspectors to give their final report. TWO MONTHS!, Bush didnt want to wait so he just went in.

 

[DoubleL]

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looks like we went to war with a U.N. Coalition to me but what I wanted to know was who did not sign the paper to go to war other than Russia, France and Germany
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"Sign the paper to go to war"?? Do you even know how the UN works? The UN never sanctioned the war in Iraq. The issue was dropped before a vote would have occured in the UN Security Council.
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I think I know how the UN works if you call it that, I should have said I don't care who went or didn't go or sent what or who wanted what, I wanted to know what countries in the UN did not sign a resolution of war for the US to go to war other than Russia, France, Germany,
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that resolution was never brought up because france germany and russia wanted to wait two months for the inspectors to give their final report. TWO MONTHS!, Bush didnt want to wait so he just went in.

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Humm I don't think that was it, I think they signed the resolution and France, Germany and Russia wanted to wait not just two months, They tried to stop the hole thing and not to let the inspectors give their final report, They were dealing with Iraq getting oil at a cheap price and that was a no no, For the inspectors giving their final report that would be very hard to do since Iraq would not let them see what they wanted to see or go where they wanted to go and then told then to get out,

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: DoubleL
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looks like we went to war with a U.N. Coalition to me but what I wanted to know was who did not sign the paper to go to war other than Russia, France and Germany
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"Sign the paper to go to war"?? Do you even know how the UN works? The UN never sanctioned the war in Iraq. The issue was dropped before a vote would have occured in the UN Security Council.
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I think I know how the UN works if you call it that, I should have said I don't care who went or didn't go or sent what or who wanted what, I wanted to know what countries in the UN did not sign a resolution of war for the US to go to war other than Russia, France, Germany,
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that resolution was never brought up because france germany and russia wanted to wait two months for the inspectors to give their final report. TWO MONTHS!, Bush didnt want to wait so he just went in.

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Humm I don't think that was it, I think they signed the resolution and France, Germany and Russia wanted to wait not just two months, They tried to stop the hole thing and not to let the inspectors give their final report, They were dealing with Iraq getting oil at a cheap price and that was a no no, For the inspectors giving their final report that would be very hard to do since Iraq would not let them see what they wanted to see or go where they wanted to go and then told then to get out,

You guys need to learn how to quote. Anyway:

France called in vain for an emergency UN ministerial meeting tomorrow to set a timetable for Iraq's peaceful disarmament, a move supported by Russia.

The French foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, today told a French radio station: "France cannot accept the resolution that sets an ultimatum and envisages an automatic use of force."

 

[Czar]

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looks like we went to war with a U.N. Coalition to me but what I wanted to know was who did not sign the paper to go to war other than Russia, France and Germany
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"Sign the paper to go to war"?? Do you even know how the UN works? The UN never sanctioned the war in Iraq. The issue was dropped before a vote would have occured in the UN Security Council.
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I think I know how the UN works if you call it that, I should have said I don't care who went or didn't go or sent what or who wanted what, I wanted to know what countries in the UN did not sign a resolution of war for the US to go to war other than Russia, France, Germany,
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that resolution was never brought up because france germany and russia wanted to wait two months for the inspectors to give their final report. TWO MONTHS!, Bush didnt want to wait so he just went in.

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Humm I don't think that was it, I think they signed the resolution and France, Germany and Russia wanted to wait not just two months, They tried to stop the hole thing and not to let the inspectors give their final report, They were dealing with Iraq getting oil at a cheap price and that was a no no, For the inspectors giving their final report that would be very hard to do since Iraq would not let them see what they wanted to see or go where they wanted to go and then told then to get out,

yeah, press the quote button next time

US presented a resolution that it wanted approved to the council before the war that would authorize military action. Russia said first they would veto it, then France. Later they then retracted that threat, probably because they were confident that it would not pass anyway, but who knows. Then for some reason the US retracted that resolution and went in.
Before the war the threat of the US forces in the gulf were giving serious presure on Saddam so the inspectors could go anywhere they wanted now and the complaints they had were only minor. Few days before the war started the UN pulled out the inspectors because they didnt want them to get cought in the conflict.

something I managed to dig out of the bbc
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2414505.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2286644.stm
and here is a good one
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/737483.stm

2003 March - Chief weapons inspector Hans Blix reports that Iraq has accelerated its cooperation but says inspectors need more time to verify Iraq's compliance.

2003 17 March - UK's ambassador to the UN says the diplomatic process on Iraq has ended; arms inspectors evacuate; US President George W Bush gives Saddam Hussein and his sons 48 hours to leave Iraq or face war.

2003 20 March - American missiles hit targets in Baghdad, marking the start of a US-led campaign to topple Saddam Hussein. In the following days US and British ground troops enter Iraq from the south.

and another much much better
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2773213.stm

17 March:
The US, UK and Spain withdraw plans for a new Security Council resolution, ending their attempts to win UN backing for war.

The British ambassador to the UN, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, blames France - without naming it - for threatening to use its veto. The French ambassador to the UN, Jean-Marc de La Sabliere, says that in last-minute negotiations with the 15 members of the Security Council "the majority of the council confirmed they do not want a use of force".

President Bush later delivers a live television address that sets the clock ticking to war.

"Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours. Their refusal to do so will result in military conflict, commenced at the time of our choosing," Mr Bush says.

but then there is this in one of the other articles

France and Russia are believed to have dropped their threat of a veto against a new United Nations resolution on hunting down Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
The two countries say they are still concerned about what they say are ambiguities in the latest draft presented to the Security Council by the United States.

 

[DoubleL]

Thanks but I will do it my way, I will not carry on this, It is like talking to a wall but the facts will stand and to say Bush went it alone is a out right lie

 

[DealMonkey]

Originally posted by: DoubleL
Humm I don't think that was it, I think they signed the resolution and France, Germany and Russia wanted to wait not just two months, They tried to stop the hole thing and not to let the inspectors give their final report, They were dealing with Iraq getting oil at a cheap price and that was a no no, For the inspectors giving their final report that would be very hard to do since Iraq would not let them see what they wanted to see or go where they wanted to go and then told then to get out,

Well now you're just making sh!t up. That's not how it happened at all.

 

[TheGameIs21]

Originally posted by: NeoV
Clearly the UK, Spain, Poland....

who else is on the official list, and what openly known concessions did we make to those countries to be on our side?

You have got to be kidding me. This isn't RISK. This is world politics. Concessions are a major part of world and local politics.

 

[TheGameIs21]

Originally posted by: DoubleL
Thanks but I will do it my way, I will not carry on this, It is like talking to a wall but the facts will stand and to say Bush went it alone is a out right lie

It's not a lie... It's ignorance/spin on the side of democrats. Let them live in their fantasy world.

 

[DealMonkey]

Here's some fun facts about Operation Desert Storm which had a real coalition behind it. When I say a "real coalition" I mean countries that are actually committing troops and/or cold, hard cash to finance the operation. The opposite of what happened in Jr's little Iraqi adventure where WE paid other countries to join and other countries for the most part sent a token number of troops or no troops at all. And obviously I understand that the UK and Spain ( EDIT: and Australia, by crackey ) sent more than a token amount of troops

The Allied coalition consisted of 34 countries, including Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Honduras, Italy, Kuwait, Morocco, The Netherlands, Niger, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Korea, Spain, Syria, Turkey, The United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The U.S. had more than 500,000 troops in the Persian Gulf War, while the non-U.S. coalition forces equaled roughly 160,000, or 24 percent, of all forces.

The U.S. Department of Defense has estimated the cost of the Gulf War at $61 billion; however, other sources say that number could be as high as $71 billion. The operation was financed by more than $53 billion pledged by countries around the world, most of which came from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States ($36 billion) and Germany and Japan ($16 billion). Some of the money pledged by countries such as Saudi Arabia was delivered in the form of in-kind services to troops, such as transportation and food.

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Compare and contrast this w/ OIF.

 

[Czar]

DealMonkey,
wow, that war was basicly free of charge for the US compared to the current one

 

[Gaard]

Originally posted by: DoubleL
Thanks but I will do it my way, I will not carry on this, It is like talking to a wall but the facts will stand and to say Bush went it alone is a out right lie

What's the definition of irony? )