The spin machine at the Pentagon and the White House was working full-time, flooding reporters with militaryspeak. Officials, meanwhile, provided shifting numbers for its "coalition of the willing"—anywhere from 44 to 30, depending on which official spokesman was talking. Even though it’s clear the war is a US-UK operation with contributions from Australia, officials insist it is a broad coalition. Even Spain, Italy and Bulgaria, who openly supported US, declined to provide troops in the face of strong public opposition. The eclectic list includes Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Colombia, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, Honduras, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia and Uzbekistan among others. Rwanda and the Solomon Islands are also lending "moral support".