Don’t forget Lithuania

[underpants]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/21/dont-forget-lithuania/

Lithuania is “seriously considering” withdrawing its 53 troops from Iraq, a Defense Ministry spokeswoman said Wednesday. “It was the first time that Lithuania, a staunch U.S. ally, indicated it would reduce its commitment in Iraq.”

Lithuania Mulling Iraq Troop Withdrawal

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Lithuania-Iraq.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. New Europe.

[liberal N proud]

2. But what about Poland?

[underpants]

3. mission extended to end of 2007

Status of coalition forces in Iraq

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/16748507.htm

POLAND: 900 non-combat troops; commands multinational force south of Baghdad; mission extended to end of 2007.

[rgbecker]

4. 53?

I'd like to meet those guys and ask what they do all day!

[northzax]

5. oh no!

well, there goes our surge. If only the Lithuanians understood what it was like to be occupied, then they'd know how important this is. The Iraqis LIKE having our troops there, it's building a new, better Iraq. the Lithuanians just don't understand how having a military occupying your country makes you happy and content.

[ClintonTyree]

9. They certainly don't have the vision of our great President, do they?

:sarcasm: Anyone with an trace of vision knows that Iraq is an un-winnable situation. Meaning we have a pResident that's deaf, dumb AND blind. Our own little "Tommy" in the White House. :banghead:

[Larkspur]

6. Thank goodness! I'm half Lithuanian and was

disappointed that they joined Bush's coalition. Guess they needed our $$$

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. they only have 3,000,000 people. be kind to my kinfolk

besides, they are still dealing with Russian troops that transit across their soil to the dirty, filthy and disgusting base called kaliningrad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad

53 soldiers for them means $650,000 a year in hard currency that country does not have. (the US spends $275,000 a year to base one soldier in IraqNam, according to cspan this morning.)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. Mighty Tonga sent 10% of it's military to rout the "terrorists".

45 of them.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

10. there you go.

exactly.
but they have no Sov er Russian military threatening them.