According to the Herald, pressure is being applied to NATO members to send more troops to Afghanistan:

It is believed that diplomatic pressure is being used on some, including Poland, which is contributing just 10 people, and Spain, which is contributing 650. Britain, with 5000 men and women, is contributing the most to the International Security Assistance Force followed by Germany with 2600, Canada with 2500, The Netherlands with 2300 and America with 2050.

I can't understand why other countries would want to put themselves on the front line like that. Especially when America, whose war it is, has only 2050 troops there.

Should they be listening to Blair - a man who is criticised by his own former Labour Friends of Israel Middle East Minister? Kim Howells has said the prime minister's position on Lebanon was "difficult to defend" and that a "dual approach" of calling for a ceasefire while looking for a longterm solution should have been possible.