And David Manning pledges his full support

Here's the official list of countries that have joined our "coalition" in support of this war (courtesy of warblogging.com):

Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Japan (post conflict), South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Britain, Uzbekistan.

Seriously, I'd be more impressed to see "Brooklyn" on the list than half of these names. This is like when a movie trailer has to resort to quoting reviews from the East Podunk Gazette or Movieblab.com.. you know damn well you don't want to see that movie. Unfortunately we don't have much choice about watching this drama unfold.