NATO in Afghanistan: An issue of sovereignty?

NATO troops in Afghanistan
ISO code	COUNTRY	TROOPS (end July) 2009	TROOPS (end 6th June) 2011	Percentage increase in number of troops
SOURCE: NATO
AL	Albania	140	260	46
AM	Armenia	0	40	100
AU	Australia	1090	1550	30
AT	Austria	3	3	0
AZ	Azerbaijan	90	94	4
BE	Belgium	510	507	-1
BA	Bosnia & Herzegovina	2	55	96
BG	Bulgaria	470	602	22
CA	Canada	2800	2922	4
HR	Croatia	295	320	8
CZ	Czech Rep	340	519	34
DK	Denmark	700	750	7
EE	Estonia	150	163	8
FI	Finland	110	156	29
FR	France	3160	3935	20
GE	Georgia	1	937	100
DE	Germany	4050	4812	16
GR	Greece	145	162	10
HU	Hungary	310	383	19
IS	Iceland	8	4	-100
IE	Ireland	7	7	0
IT	Italy	2795	3880	28
JO	Jordan	7	0
KR	Korea – South	0	426	100
LV	Latvia	165	139	-19
LT	Lithuania	200	237	16
LU	Luxemburg	9	11	18
MK	Macedonia	165	0
MY	Malaysia	0	31	100
MN	Mongolia	0	74	100
ME	Montenegro	0	36	100
NL	Netherlands	1770	192	-822
NZ	New Zealand	160	191	16
NO	Norway	485	406	-19
PL	Poland	2000	2560	22
PT	Portugal	90	133	32
RO	Romania	1025	1938	47
SG	Singapore	8	21	62
SK	Slovakia	230	308	25
SI	Slovenia	80	80	0
ES	Spain	780	1552	50
SE	Sweden	430	500	14
MK	Macedonia		163	100
TG	Tonga		55	100
TR	Turkey	730	1786	59
AE	UAE	25	35	29
UA	Ukraine	10	22	55
GB	United Kingdom	9000	9500	5
US	United States	29950	90000	67
	TOTAL	64495	132457	51

( Since many of these counties are not in the North Atlantic,  is this another ‘gang-bang’?  Would this be ‘payback’ by the West for the Afghans driving the British out of their land?)   

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