[Sir Taliesin]

Originally posted by Ronn_Bman: BTW, if the military buildup is so important, and if the inspectors are given more time, and if those nations who make this proposal aren't willing to send their own troops, exactly how long does the Coalition of the Willing keep those troops in the field and who pays the bill? Surely France, Russia, and Germany are willing to help pay for this important aspect of their proposal.... [img]smile.gif[/img]

Excellent point Ronn! I was wondering much the same myself. Are all those nations, who just now started supporting a military build-up on the pretext of supporting the inspectors and putting pressure on Iraq, willing to pony up to the table and help foot the bill or will they talk a good game and leave us holding the bag? We are talking close to 60 billion dollars here! Not a small sum at all.