Heck that might be proportionally larger than most of our other NATO allies. Iceland is a very small country, and not all that heavily populated. It's slightly smaller than the state of Kentucky, but only 0.07% of the land area is arable and the population is only about 299,000. By comparison Kentucky has a population of somewhat over 4,000,000. The least populous US state is Wyoming, with a population of almost 494,000. Now I'm sure there is more than 2 Wyoming citizens in Afghanistan, a proportional representation would be about 5, but I suspect there are more, with Wyoming overrepresented in the military.
Keep in mind though, the entire population of Iceland is about the same as the population of Toledo, Ohio. So, think about it proportionately.
"I'm sorry did I miss something? Did Iceland not benefit from 50+ years of protection as part of NATO and as a US ally? I also see Iceland has contributed exactly 1 soldier to the NATO mission in Afghanistan. Nice to see how much we can count on some of our allies."
And what did we gain exactly? Some economicly yes, but we tried to limit that, because we did not want to get addicted to it. But what we lost, is priceless. Our culture did go down the drain due to the influence of the US culture, and our nation will not get over the split in two halfs of the nation because of this issue anytime soon.
Are you honestly asking a nation that totally lacks a military to send soldiers to afganistan? Where should we get them? We have, and maybe that was a mistake, because we thought it would help convince you to stay, send civilians to operate the Afganistan national airport, and that vere more than one man.
But a nation of only 300 thousand that has not had any weapons for half a millenia has no way of helping except with civilian help, and money (we have paid for transportations of military goods in the war on terror), but that seems to be forgotten very soon.
No wonder the other european nations can´t be convinced to help out more, in comparison to their strength.