Coalition of the Chilling Out?

Not too long ago in Iraq, a young American officer was warned by a Polish colonel: “You can't go out there. People are getting killed. We must stay on our bases where we are safe.”


The American replied, “I didn’t come to Iraq to stay safe while American soldiers and Iraqi civilians are dying and you folks sit on your butts.”



“What's your view on Poland’s (2,460 troops) and Italy’s (3,000) threat to follow Spain’s pullout from Iraq?” I asked him.



“No big deal,” he replied, “because they don’t bring much to the party. We had to take An Najaf two times, once from Saddam and once from Sadr. We ended up paying in blood twice for the same real estate while the Poles and Spanish (1,300) let one of the most peaceful areas in Iraq go to hell.”


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