Among the coalition partners which Colin Powell announced yesterday was Turkey, even though the Turkish parliament has only today voted to allow overflight rights to American planes, and is still denying even use of Turkish air bases.

Well, if allowing overflight is all it takes to be a member of the coalition, then Colin Powell is selling his own diplomacy short. There's at least one more country which is allowing overflights which Powell unaccountably failed to put on his list -- France.