Showing posts with label Belgium. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belgium. Show all posts

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Words Have Meaning.... Multilateral

Throughout the debate on the Great War on Terror, the words unilateral and multilateral have been thrown around carelesly and repeated far too often, and they have been misused.

UNILATERAL - done or undertaken by one party or country

MULTILATERAL - involving several parties or countries

Regardless of your political stance, the word MULTILATERAL is the correct definition of the coalition that is fighting the Great War on Terror. 290 members of the coalition countries have lost their lives in Iraq and 226 in Afghanistan. I defy you to look at their families and tell them that their sons or daughters were not contributing to the fight against the War on Terror when they lost their lives.

This is the beginning of a series on the MULTILATERAL forces who are serving alongside the American forces. Thank you, all.

Albania - here
Armenia - here
Australia - here and here
Azerbaijan - here
Belgium - here
Bulgaria - here
Bosnia and Herzegovina - here
Canada - here
Germany - here
Great Britian- here
Japan - here
Korea - here
Italy - here
Poland - here and here and here

If the links do not work, click on the labels on the left at the bottom of the page.

Updated 8.18.07

Friday, June 08, 2007

Tribute to a Coalition Partner ~ Belgium

Tribute to a Coalition Partner~
Belgium











Belgium is a small European country, slightly larger than the state of Massachusetts.

Belgium is an ally in the Great War on Terror.

Belgium currently has contributed forces to Kosovo Force (KFOR), Democratic Republic of Congo, Laos/Cambodia (Demining operations), Caribbean (Anti-drug operations), and Afghanistan.

In Afghanistan, they are providing a protection force and airfield support at Kabul Airport, a force at the Provincial Reconstruction Team Konduz, and headquarters personnel at HQ ISAF.

Belgium Air Force C-130's have transported humanitarian aid to Afghanistan including 90 metric tons of UNIMIX for the starving children of Afghanistan in December 2001, as well as 250,000 vaccinations for the children. They also transported food for the children of Iraq through 2003.

We thank you for your stand in the War on Terror.