[WhiteGuy]

Correct me if I'm wrong.......................

But doesn't every "country" on this list receive some form of "foreign welfare" from the US?

If so, isn't it still our money?

Just wondering

[petercooper]

same concept as working for welfare cash

[Oldeconomybuyer]

You're probably right about the economics, but the important thing from my perspective is know which nations have the political will to support our effort to liberate Iraq so that I can make my vacation plans accordingly.

[Dundee]

They missed Australia (1000 troops).

And for the record Australia doesn't received a single cent from ANYBODY! Hell, Australia is one of the few countries the US runs a trade surplus with.

[68skylark]

I very much doubt that the UK receives any "foreign welfare" from us -- that wouldn't be like them. And I doubt that Japan or the rest of Europe does either. Thouse are the sources of the larger donations.

[68skylark]

Thouse = Those

[anguish]

Don't think we (i.e Sweden) are getting any "foreign welfare" from you.

/ Swedish freeper

[ZULU]

I think the U.S. should be doing everything it can to elevate and assist those nations which provide us with even the smallest amount of assistance in this difficult situation.

Perhaps we can get together a coalition of nations which appreciate freedom, are willing to help those third world nations struggling towards democracy, and can be used to counter our vicious enemies, the French and Germans, new demons which have arisen with the Jihadists and whose antics will make any rational actions by NATO and the UN even less likely than they have been in the past. Who knows, we might even be able to pry the Russians away from the French and Germans. I think Putin is far more amenable to rational appeals and offers of economic assistance than the vicious ingrates of France and Germany.

We should do everything possible to isolate, neutralize and destroy those two nations, and the third world dictatorships in alliance with them.

[kidd]

Israel and Egypt are the two biggest recipients of US foreign aid. Neither of them are on the list.

If I recall, Canada has some small Naval involvement - something like transportation or medical support. They are not in harm's way to the best of my knowledge.

[cardinal4]

If so, isn't it still our money?

Technically, yes. But I can live with it. Im going to print this list up and show it to a few of the lefties at work who think our unilateralism alienated a lot of other nations. Go it alone indeed!

[Consort]

Correct me if I'm wrong.......................

If so, isn't it still our money?

If we give money to another country (if we give anything to another country), it is not ours any more.

Also, the lives of those foreign troops are on the line, as well. Does that matter to you?