What about Poland

With pressure mounting on the Bush administration to draw down troops in Iraq, being forced to make decisions like these aren't going to be easy:

Poland has asked for additional U.S. military assistance to modernize its own forces as it considers whether to extend the presence of Polish troops in Iraq next year, according to Polish and U.S. officials.

Although Warsaw has stopped short of conditioning its Iraq decision on the request for aid, it has made it clear that the two are linked, saying the $600 million it has spent on the Iraq operation has siphoned funds from plans to upgrade its own military.

Troops that Poland pull out of Iraq will be troops that America is more than likely forced to cover. That means that if Bush does not give into Polish demands, our troops will be forced to remain in Iraq longer. If he capitulates to Poland, however, then other countries could make bigger demands to keep their troops in Iraq.

The end result? The cost of Bush's decision to invade Iraq is about to cost the country even more, one way or another.