Pronouncing "Georgi Parvanov"...is Hard Work

Jerome Armstrong at MYDD has some details on the Coaliton of the Willing. I'll put it this way: if it was fabric, it would be 100 percent natural fiber, subject to a good bit of shrinkage when immersed in hot water.

Originally, Bush touted the trifecta of Britian, Spain, and Australia among 48 countries. But Spain has long since evacuated and regained their senses, and the number of coalition members is now down to 26 according to the latest reports.

The reason why Bush is not mentioning Australia behind Britian is because they have an election on October 9th, and if Howard loses, Australia will likely pull out, so the Bush administration is downplaying that connection. So, beyond Britian... ah, Bulgaria has a few troops on the ground, which means that Bush gets to show us soon that he can pronounce Georgi Parvanov.

I can see our pResident furrowing his brow in concentration, telling Karl "well, I've got the first part of his name--lemme show you," followed by several attempts: "GeorgeDubya. I mean, Georgedub-uh-eeeyou. I'm gettin' there."