"Coalition of the WIlling" Unwilling
Bush sees coalition breaking
TOM RAUM
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President Bush's "coalition of the willing," long seen by much of the world as a shell for a largely U.S. operation in Iraq, is quickly becoming a coalition of the unwilling.
Even as Bush sends more U.S. forces to Baghdad, longtime war ally Tony Blair is pulling out British troops. Denmark is leaving. Lithuania says it might withdraw its tiny 53 troop contingent.
Bush's alliance is breaking up as opposition firms against the U.S. troop buildup - among Americans and Iraqis, in Congress and among Iraq's neighbors and some former U.S. allies.
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