France is widely expected to boost its role in Afghanistan beyond the 1,900 soldiers currently there at a NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania, on April 2-4.The refusal of key European allies such as Germany, Italy and Spain to send forces to join the British, Americans, Canadians and Dutch who are leading the fight in the south has led to months of ugly infighting within NATO.
(CNN)
I skipped the graph that talked about Sarkozy adding 1,000 French soldiers to the 1,900 already there in favor of highlighting the paragraph that reminds us how most of our would-be coalition partners don't have the stomach for heavy lifting.
Remember that when Barack Obama next opens his mouth about getting other nations to provide peacekeeping troops in Iraq.It's a promise he can't deliver.
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