Coalition Members of the 1991 Gulf War:

Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Honduras, Italy, Kuwait, Morocco, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Korea, Spain, Syria, Turkey, The United Arab Emirates, The United Kingdom, and the United States.

"Coalition" Members of the (soon to be) 2003 Gulf War:

Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and Uzbekistan.

It's an impressive list that the State Department has cobbled together to prove that we're about to unleash the dogs of war all by ourselves. But aside from the notable absence of Arab and "Old European" countries on the 2003 list, there's another important (read as: HUGE) difference - the 1991 Coalition was a truly international military force which had been assembled to enforce the almost unanimous will of the United Nations, whereas the 2003 "Coalition of the Willing" is merely a list of nations that are willing to be associated with the United States and the United Kingdom as they prosecute a unilateral war of aggression of questionable legality.

But it's good to know that Albania is there for us. Uzbekistan, too. The best part is that Colin Powell revealed to the press today that not only do we have the "Coalition of Former Warsaw Pact Members and Soviet Republics" cheering us on, but fifteen additional nations who'd prefer to remain anonymous at this time. I'm not exactly sure how this would qualify as support, particularly moral support, but hooray for the Unknown Allies! A question, though - if any of these countries end up sending troops, will they have to wear bags over their heads?