A digest of the top blogger thoughts and ideas - The A listers

Britain is making exit plans for Iraq in the same way a teenager tries to sneak out of the house with chores undone:  "Where do you think you're going, mister?  You know we still have work to do up north, right?"

Lithuania is considering pulling their 53 troops, Denmark is leaving and the Italian premiere is resigning because of continued public resistance to Italian troops in Afghanistan. 

Meanwhile the Iraq insurgency is getting some organization.  First they start shooting down helicopters, now they are aiming for mass destruction with chlorine gas bombs. 

I saw last night that the "coalition of the willing" is down to  about 21 - from around 37 at the height.  Anyone know who remains?