Costa Rica Drops Out of Coalition

[henslee]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/10/international/americas/10costa.html

[Radius]

1. No Army

Costa rica has no army and no resources in Iraq. They were expressing opposition to terrorism.

BTW you may want to edit your subj to match the article headline.

[Coconut Buddha Ape]

7. And the "Coalition of the Shilling" gets smaller...

eom

[lumpy]

18. Besides the Costa Ricans

were against the war.

[struggle4progress]

25. Delist it as Iraq partner, Costa Rica to tell U.S.

San Jose -- Costa Rica's highest court has ruled that the United States cannot name the pacifist Central American country as one of its coalition partners in Iraq, and the government was preparing a letter yesterday asking Washington to remove it from the list.

The ruling, announced late Wednesday, was cheered by a country that widely rejected the U.S.-led war. <snip>

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040910/REPO10-4/TPInternational/Americas

[wtmusic]

2. Still listed

Lying bastards

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030321-4.html

[diatribe]

4. They should update that page. Its from 3/2003

Didn't the Phillipines, Spain and Poland all leave the Coalition?

[wtmusic]

5. Absolutely right

I didn't even notice. You think it's intentional? :eyes:

welcome to DU diatribe

:bounce: :toast: :bounce:

[Catfight]

3. Morocco is next! WOW...we're going to hurt now. n/t

[LynneSin]

6. Costa Rica sums up what most of the Coalition members are:

Tom Casey, a State Department spokesman, said Costa Rica's membership in the coalition was an expression of the country's opposition to terrorism, and he noted that Costa Rica, which does not have an army, had provided neither troops nor economic assistance for Iraq's reconstruction.

So if you're providing neither troops nor money towards a war then why are they on the list? How many other countries are on that list providing absolutely nothing to the efforts.

[henslee]

14. Ironically, Costa Rica once repelled another Amercan Imperialist...(link)

Sure it was 150 yrs ago.

http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/FieldCourses00/PapersCostaRicaArticles/CostaRicain1856.Defeating.html

[MrBenchley]

15. "which does not have an army"

Says it all, doesn't it?

"How many other countries are on that list providing absolutely nothing to the efforts"
Hell, I wonder how many countries we're paying to pretend to be on the list.

Remember all the millions in bribes pResident Toot's gang laid out to get Turkey in?

[Joanne98]

8. OH NO not Costra Rica!!!!!!!!!

the coalition's a JOKE.........

[FlaIndie]

12. relax, we still have the Marshall Islands n/t

[MrBenchley]

16. Is Eritrea still with us?

[calimary]

9. The Coalition of the WILTING.

There goes another one...

[GarySeven]

10. OH MY GOD!!

How can we ever keep the factions apart????

[FlaIndie]

11. besides CR,

Honduras, the DR, Spain, the Phillippines, and El Salvador are no longer or never were Coaltion members.

[Judi Lynn]

13. Does anyone remember the first one to break ranks?

Once there was a precedent set for pulling out, the others started backing away, also.

I think a lot of folks would have imagined they were only able to snag these smaller, weaker countries through either intimidation or through bribes.

When they realized how much they really stand to lose, they started gaining courage. Bless these governments for finding their honor a little late, but, by God, better than never.

[arcos]

22. sadly, this wasn't a government decision...

the government defended the inclusion on the list... it was a lawsuit brought on by a student and the Ombudsman, that made the Constitutional Court to rule the country had to be removed from the list.

[struggle4progress]

24. Solomon Islands asked to be delisted in '03, said they never joined. eom

[TankLV]

17. They're removing their Salsa CD's! On no!

They had, what, a boom box and a couple CDs, plus some good food?

They even have an army?

[Swamp Rat]

19. ¡Pura vida!

¡Amo a los Ticos! Este es lo que yo queria oir hace mucho tiempo.

[arcos]

23. ¡Gracias!

:hi:

[FLSurfer]

20. Could it be

in response to F-911 opening in Costa Rica a few weeks ago.
This also coincided with the absurd terrorist warnings in central america.
I was down there and the people weren't fooled.
Hopefully other nations will continue the slide.

[arcos]

21. nope... it was because of a lawsuit...

The Constitutional Court has been studying the case for over a year, and finally ruled 2 days ago.