Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06SAOPAULO649
2006-06-08 18:32:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Sao Paulo
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, US TALKS OFFER, NUCLEAR PROGRAM; SAO
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UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000649
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, US TALKS OFFER, NUCLEAR PROGRAM; SAO
PAULO
"Nuclear Supremacy"
Political analyst Demetrio Magnoli wrote in liberal, largest
national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (6/8): "Washington's
double standard policy, which rewards India and threatens Iran, is
morally shameful, but strategically consistent. The Bush
administration's National Security Strategy report of 2002 defined
the goal of an absolute nuclear hegemony.... Contrary to the
scenario during the Cold War's end, when a US first nuclear attack
would result in mutual destruction, today it would force a destroyed
Russia's surrender. According to a popular myth, the modernization
of the US nuclear arsenal is aimed at facing threats posed by
secondary powers or terrorist groups. But investment priorities have
indicated that the true targets are Russia and China.... The
anti-missile shield currently being developed in the US can only be
explained as a complementary element of a first attack against one
of these powers. A CIA report has projected a scenario in which
China's military power will overcome Russia's by 2020.... But
China's nuclear deterrent force will not be significant. It is in
that context that Washington's double standard policy is understood.
According to the US strategy, India must sediment its condition of
medium nuclear power to counterbalance China. India is a
'responsible state' because it has just established a strategic
partnership with the US, which sponsors its 'official' nuclear
status and defines the limits of its nuclear program. Even a limited
Iranian nuclear arsenal would represent an intolerable threat
against the US presence in the Middle East and would cause a
'nuclear race' in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
McMullen
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, US TALKS OFFER, NUCLEAR PROGRAM; SAO
PAULO
"Nuclear Supremacy"
Political analyst Demetrio Magnoli wrote in liberal, largest
national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (6/8): "Washington's
double standard policy, which rewards India and threatens Iran, is
morally shameful, but strategically consistent. The Bush
administration's National Security Strategy report of 2002 defined
the goal of an absolute nuclear hegemony.... Contrary to the
scenario during the Cold War's end, when a US first nuclear attack
would result in mutual destruction, today it would force a destroyed
Russia's surrender. According to a popular myth, the modernization
of the US nuclear arsenal is aimed at facing threats posed by
secondary powers or terrorist groups. But investment priorities have
indicated that the true targets are Russia and China.... The
anti-missile shield currently being developed in the US can only be
explained as a complementary element of a first attack against one
of these powers. A CIA report has projected a scenario in which
China's military power will overcome Russia's by 2020.... But
China's nuclear deterrent force will not be significant. It is in
that context that Washington's double standard policy is understood.
According to the US strategy, India must sediment its condition of
medium nuclear power to counterbalance China. India is a
'responsible state' because it has just established a strategic
partnership with the US, which sponsors its 'official' nuclear
status and defines the limits of its nuclear program. Even a limited
Iranian nuclear arsenal would represent an intolerable threat
against the US presence in the Middle East and would cause a
'nuclear race' in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
McMullen