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So what kind of "support" are we receiving from the "coalition of the willing"? Well, that depends on what your definition of "support" is:

She points out that before December, Colombia was a member of the security council. Still, it's not an altogether obvious ally for the US to seek out, is it? Foglia concedes that, yes, there might indeed be something eccentric about the coalition of the willing. "You know what?" she confides. "I took a look at the list this morning and I thought, oh gee, I wonder how Nicaragua is going to help?"

Andres Gomez, at the Nicaraguan embassy, counters smartly, "Physical support or moral support?" Either. "Well." He laughs. "To my knowledge we're not sending any troops. But we do support fully the US, the UK and Spain."

Was it a difficult decision to come to? "Yes. I believe it's been a difficult decision for everyone to come to. But it's a communal decision that the central American countries have arrived at together. Honduras, Panama, El Savador and Guatemala: We're trying to act together." Hang on a minute, Panama isn't on the official coalition list. Perhaps it's one of the secret 15. I call the embassy. Is Panama secretly a member of the coalition of the willing? "Well, actually," says the spokesman, "just today the central American presidents will make a declaration about the war." In it, will Panama come out in support of US and British action against Iraq. "How?" Any how. "We aren't sending anyone to the Gulf." Is Panama offering the coalition of the willing moral support? A short pause. "Not really," says the spokesman, thinking it over. "No. Not really."