[ewing]

Way to go New Europe!

[VaBthang4]

Outstanding.

"The clear and present danger posed by the Saddam Hussein regime requires a united response from the community of democracies,"

A slap at China?

Anyway, good stuff.

Old Europe/New Europe

[dfwgator]

I say it's time for "Warsaw Pact II." I say we pull out of NATO and instead join with the Eastern European countries.

[Liberal Bob]

Collation the willing.

[marshmallow]

One of the few real delights of living through the latter part of the 20th century has been watching our former enemies, the communist countries, renounce their godless ways and become "born again", so to speak. The newly free and unashamedly Christian east, is the real wild-card in the war on terrorism.

On the other hand, our former allies, hell bent on forming a socialist super state, have gradually slipped into godless humanism, error and moral depravity.

We need to be most careful that we don't imitate them.

[WashingtonCollegeofLaw]

"The declaration underlines the strong support for the U.S. in ex-Warsaw pact countries, who are still grateful for American support for their battle to escape Soviet domination and for Washington's backing for their NATO membership bids."

Damn our unilaterialist/imperialist ways!!!!!! We all know the only reason we supported East Europe was to get their oil. Er...wait... did we actually do something good? No. And if Yes, it was obviously due to the compassion of Clinton rather than Reagan. /sarcasm

[Liberal Classic]

Interesting how some of the former Soviet bloc nations are more supportive of us than long time friends such as France. Wonder why, a bit. Maybe they lived under the thumb so long that they know it when they see it.

[Xthe17th]

1) Albania
2) Britain
3) Bulgaria
4) Croatia
5) Czech Republic
6) Denmark
7) Estonia
8) Hungary
9) Italy
10) Latvia
11) Lithuania
12) Macedonia
13) Poland
14) Portugal
15) Romania
16) Slovenia
17) Spain
18) United States of America

Well, that's 18 of us if my math is correct. Anybody know if the rest of the UK and/or any of Scandinavia is on board? Is Sweden with Blix, uh, er, is Blix with US?

By all means, please feel free to add to this list. Gracias amigos.

[visitor]

Colin Powell... connected all the dots, demonstrated how diplomacy has failed, showed satellite images (photo-recon from space rivals 1962 U2's photos and even some of those I took;) and transcripts (with audio) of wireless communications (sure would not want to be those Iraqi officers) and in uninterrupted 90 minutes on c-span (to be rebroadcast tonight at 8), he linked the osama-terrorists and other middle-east terrorists with saddam, raised my estimation of his dedication to our country's defense and his capabilities as a leader worthy of our deepest respect! sure hope we do not wait for the smoking eye-witness last words ...rto

[leadpenny]

If the 1st Armored Division and the 1st Infantry Division have been deployed to the Gulf, when they return, they should not return to Germany. They should be permanently based in one of the Eastern European countries.

[Wallace T.]

The Franco-German bloc has been outflanked. Almost all of the old Warsaw Pact nations and the Baltic states have, at least verbally, come out on the Allied side, with the most advanced nations, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, making small commitments of their troops. Ditto for ex-Yugoslavia, except for Serbia, Russia's ancient ally. Three of the four "corners" of the old NATO alliance, Britain, Italy, and Spain/Portugal, are also active on the Allied side. Let's also not forget that Japan is siding with the Allies.

France and Germany, and Canada as well, have been isolated in their weak-kneed position toward Iraq, at least among the Western democracies. They had better either come on board or stay out of the way.

[goodnesswins]

THE list KEEPS GROWING...

WHO has joined the ALLIES FOR LIBERTY & FREEDOM?

THESE ARE the 26 ALLIES for IRAQI people’s (women & children included) FREEDOM

U.S., Britian, Australia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Italy, Portugal, Turkey,

Slovakia, Denmark, Czech Republic, Spain, Quatar, Jordan, Albania, Kuwait, Israel, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Macedonia, Lithuania, Croatia, and Japan

FREE the IRAQI people!!!

	What OTHER country wants the IRAQI citizens FREEDOM?
	UK	AUSTRALIA
ISRAEL	POLAND	JAPAN
SPAIN	CZECH	PORTUGAL
KUWAIT	HUNGARY	QATAR
ITALY	ALBANIA	JORDAN
DENMARK	SLOVAKIA	TURKEY
ESTONIA	LATVIA	LITHUANIA
MACEDONIA	SLOVENIA	ALBANIA
CROATIA	ROMANIA	BULGARIA
goodnesswins

[shezza]

New Europe ping!

[AmericaUnited]

GOD BLESS THEM ALL!

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

So what part of this does western Europe not understand?

[NonValueAdded]

Even Albania can figure this out! (Barry Farber ping). Who better to spot Saddam for who he really is than those states recently freed from their oppressors.

[cake_crumb]

Thank you Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia, Macedonia and Albania as well as Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic!

Thanks again Britain, Denmark, Italy, Portugal and Spain!

Germany and France...PFFFFFFUT!

[areafiftyone]

BEHOLD! - THE REAL EUROPE!!!

[eleni121]

Many of these enlightened nations have experienced the twin tortures of totalitarianism and the horrors of Muslim (Turkish and Arab )domination and genocide in the past.

They realize that it's good to finally be on the side of the winner!

Hey Greece...wake up!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[The signatories were Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia, who have already been invited to join NATO, as well as ex-Yugoslav states, Croatia, Macedonia and Albania, who are campaigning to be allowed into the alliance.]

They know a bad guy when they see one.