We don't need France. In the first gulf war they provided only 25,000 troops.
The primary contributors of troops from outside the Gulf area were the United States (697,000), Britain (35,000), Egypt (35,000), France (25,000), Bangladesh (6,000), Pakistan (5,000), and Morocco (1,500). Substantial forces were also
provided by countries in the regions surrounding Iraq and Kuwait, including Syria (20,000), Saudi Arabia (45,000), and the Gulf States - Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (17,000). |
