The citizens of Missouri do pay taxes and their dollars too went to pay for the war so I would say Missouri has contributed. I would love to see how many troops have been sent from Poland or Spain. If the number of soldiers from Missouri doesn't out number those from Poland Span I would bet the number of soldiers from California would.
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 11:25 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Dying for the United Nations > > But are they still a part of this coalition? > > What are the numbers that could make Kerry's statement true? > (Missouri being the third largest member of the coalition) > > 1. Size in square miles > 2. Population > 3. Number of troops in Iraq > 4. Dollars spent in Iraq > > I do wonder which of the above criteria he used to calculate > that statement. Well, Missouri has spend no money on Iraq. It may have sent some people from military bases in state, but I doubt that single state number beats Poland, England or others. It's population is definitly smaller than many of the coalition members and the same goes for size. If Kerry picked and choosed the criteria, it's still a looooong stretch. I chalk it up to him shooting for glib rather than fact. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| The annual ColdFusion User Conference is being held Sat 6/26 - Sun 6/27/04 8am-5pm in the Washington DC Area. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=44 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132071 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
