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Governor’s ‘coalitions of the willing’ are artificial, contrived

The Bush Administration used the term “Coalition of the Willing” to describe
multinational forces backing U.S. efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Bush
description of the “Coalition” as evidence of widespread international
consensus for the war in Iraq was criticized during the 2004 election
because only 2 of the 49 countries identified in the “Coalition” contributed
significant numbers of troops. (And no, I didn

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