Listen to the mainstream media and leftie politicians, and you're left with the impression that we're virtually alone in Iraq - that the only countries with troops on the ground are the U.S. and Britain. Over and over again, we hear that we should have gone in with world support, that we should have built a coalition...

But the truth is that there IS a coalition in Iraq -

Despite international opposition, President Bush was able to assemble a diverse coalition of partners for Operation Iraqi Freedom. True, the size of the coalition is smaller than it was in 2003, and Iraqi policy remains a matter of controversy in coalition countries (as in our own). But the coalition is still a military reality on the ground here in Iraq.

The U.S. presently has 26 coalition partners here in Iraq, with a total of over 23,000 troops which are neither American nor Iraqi.

Over at Front Page Magazine is "Three Cheers for the Coalition," an article by deployed National Guardsman Allan Wall. It will tell you the real deal on the coalition forces in Iraq, and how that coalition is partnering to bring stability to a country that desperately needs it. You'll likely never see it on TV, but our troops are working in conjunction with their coalition partners every day:

One night, my unit was carrying out a ground operation. It requested and received air support from an allied military unit.

On another occasion, I personally witnessed a disabled American vehicle being towed to a more convenient location by a recovery vehicle belonging to a coalition partner.

In fact, the coalition presently working in Iraq even includes former enemies, now united with us in their efforts.

So do we have a "real" coalition in Iraq? You bet.

Go check it out.



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