joshingmyself

A list of combatants involved in "Operation Enduring Freedom":

"The Coalition":

United States
Canada
Australia
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Philippines (in the Philippines theatre only)
Northern Alliance GUAM
Poland
Czech Republic Visegrad Group
Hungary
Ethiopia
Somalia
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Slovakia
Slovenia Vilnius group
Croatia
Albania
Republic of Macedonia
Romania
Bulgaria

"The Terrorists"

Taliban
al-Qaeda
Abu Sayyaf
Jemaah Islamiyah
Islamic Courts Union

Currently Afghanistan is occupied mainly by U.S., Canadian, Italian and German military forces. The country is divided in five fairly equal sections represented by each of these nation's armies.

Why doesn't this factor into our concern?

Here's a list of nations involved in the Iraq War. I understand that the US comprises the large majority of troops involved but what does it say that so many nations have given some support of this war that the US is primarily and often solely blamed for? A small contribution is nonetheless still a contribution.

CURRENTLY ACTIVE TROOPS:

United States: 250,000 invasion--132,000 current (1/07)
United Kingdom: 45,000 invasion--7,100 current (2/07)
South Korea: 3,300 invasion--2,300 current (2/07)
Poland: 194 invasion--2,500 peak--900 current (2/07)
Australia: 2,000 invasion--550 current (2/07)
Romania: 600 current (2/07)
Denmark: 460 current (2/07)(deployed 7/03)
Georgia: 500 invasion--900 current (2/07)
El Salvador: 380 troops (2/07)
Czech Republic: 300 peak--99 current (2/07')
Azerbaijan: 150 troops (2/07)
Latvia: 136 peak--125 current (2/07)(deployed 4/04)
Mongolia: 131 troops--160 current (2/07)
Albania: 120 troops (2/07)
Lithuania: 53 troops (2/07)
Armenia: 46 current (2/07)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 36 troops (2/07)
Estonia: 35 current (2/07)
Macedonia: 40 troops (2/07)
Kazakhstan: 27 troops (2/07)
Moldova: 24 invasion--11 current (2/07)

CURRENTLY WITHDRAWN:

Italy: 1,800 troops (deployed 7/03 - withdrawn 11/06)
Ukraine: 1,650 troops (deployed 8/03 - withdrawn 12/05)
Netherlands : 1,345 troops (deployed 7/03 - withdrawn 3/05)
Spain : 1,300 troops (withdrawn 4/04)
Japan: 600 troops (deployed 1/04 - withdrawn 7/06)
Bulgaria : 462 troops (withdrawn 4/06)
Thailand: 423 troops (withdrawn 8/04)
Honduras: 368 troops (withdrawn 5/04)
Dominican Republic: 302 troops (withdrawn 5/04)
Hungary: 300 troops (withdrawn 3/05)
Nicaragua: 230 troops (withdrawn 2/04)
Singapore: 192 troops (withdrawn 3/05)
Norway: 150 troops (withdrawn 10/05)
Portugal: 128 troops (withdrawn 2/05)
Slovakia: 103 troops (withdrawn 1/07)
New Zealand: 61 troops (deployed 9/03 - withdrawn 9/04)
Philippines: 51 troops (deployed 7/03 - withdrawn 7/04)
Tonga: 45 troops (deployed 7/04 - withdrawn 12/04)
Iceland: 2 troops (withdrawal date unknown)