Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07TOKYO538
2007-02-06 04:34:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
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UNCLAS TOKYO 000538
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers front-paged
reports from Washington concerning President Bush's
unveiling of a 2.9 trillion USD budget for fiscal 2008,
which includes military spending amounting to 555.9
billion USD, up about 10 percent from the previous year.
UNCLAS TOKYO 000538
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers front-paged
reports from Washington concerning President Bush's
unveiling of a 2.9 trillion USD budget for fiscal 2008,
which includes military spending amounting to 555.9
billion USD, up about 10 percent from the previous year.
1. "The Use of Force Alone Cannot Stop Iraq's Sectarian
Violence" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (2/6):
"...In the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) submitted
to Congress, US intelligence agencies said that Iraq was
in a 'state of civil war.' The question is how to get
control of the chaos and open the way to Iraq's
reconstruction. The Bush administration was about to
dispatch more than 20,000 troops to Iraq and launch a
major mop-up operation there without heeding the proposal
from the Iraq Study Group that the US begin a gradual
withdrawal and talk with Iraq's neighbors.... With the
next election two years away, the president may envision
a scenario in which the US sends additional troops to
Iraq, restores order there, and then begins withdrawing
its troops. Nevertheless, military operations alone can
only intensify sectarian violence.... At one time in
Iraq, people co-existed and married freely irrespective
of sectarian differences. Sectarian violence and
retaliatory attacks should be ended as soon as possible
to bring those days back to Iraq."
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers front-paged
reports from Washington concerning President Bush's
unveiling of a 2.9 trillion USD budget for fiscal 2008,
which includes military spending amounting to 555.9
billion USD, up about 10 percent from the previous year.
1. "The Use of Force Alone Cannot Stop Iraq's Sectarian
Violence" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (2/6):
"...In the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) submitted
to Congress, US intelligence agencies said that Iraq was
in a 'state of civil war.' The question is how to get
control of the chaos and open the way to Iraq's
reconstruction. The Bush administration was about to
dispatch more than 20,000 troops to Iraq and launch a
major mop-up operation there without heeding the proposal
from the Iraq Study Group that the US begin a gradual
withdrawal and talk with Iraq's neighbors.... With the
next election two years away, the president may envision
a scenario in which the US sends additional troops to
Iraq, restores order there, and then begins withdrawing
its troops. Nevertheless, military operations alone can
only intensify sectarian violence.... At one time in
Iraq, people co-existed and married freely irrespective
of sectarian differences. Sectarian violence and
retaliatory attacks should be ended as soon as possible
to bring those days back to Iraq."
SCHIEFFER