George W. Bush celebrates his presidential nomination at Madison Square Garden in midtown Manhattan, New York, where the Republican National Convention had been held Thursday. He waves with his wife, Laura Bush, to the cheering crowd after his acceptance speech. Gov't, Experts Analyze Fallout of Bush's 'Korea Omission' Korea Missing from the List of U.S. Allies

Bush said, “About 40 nations stand beside us in Afghanistan, and some 30 in Iraq. And I deeply appreciate the courage and wise counsel of leaders like Prime Minister Howard, and President Kwasniewski, and Prime Minister Berlusconi -- and, of course, Prime Minister Tony Blair.”

He also specifically named eight countries -- Great Britain, Poland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark, El Salvador, and Australia -- that had sent troops to join in the coalition of the willing. However, he did not mention Korea, which had sent the third largest number of soldiers to Iraq, following U.S. and the Great Britain.

(Heo Yong-beom, heo@chosun.com )