Most Japanese say PM right to send Iraq troops

ECH1969

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Fri Jul-14-06 11:23 AM
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Most Japanese say PM right to send Iraq troops

Edited on Fri Jul-14-06 11:50 AM by ECH1969

With their troops in the midst of a withdrawal from Iraq, a poll showed most Japanese now believe Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was right to send the forces on their riskiest mission since World War Two.

Japan dispatched around 550 troops to the southern Iraqi town of Samawa starting in February 2004 in a show of support for its most important ally, the United States.

A poll in the English-language Daily Yomiuri showed 59 percent of respondents believed Japan's government was right to send the troops, up eight percent on a similar poll in April.

Japan's air force plans to step up its transport activities in Iraq when the ground forces depart.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/14/AR2006071400227.html

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ECH1969

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Fri Jul-14-06 11:37 AM
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1. I have noticed a big rise in Japanese nationalism since 98

Edited on Fri Jul-14-06 11:37 AM by ECH1969

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Missy M

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Fri Jul-14-06 11:44 AM
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2. Japan dispatched 550 troops...

for humanitarian and reconstruction purposes. They suffered no casualties. I'm guessing it might have been a different poll outcome if their troops were involved in combat with casualties. Also, what kind of a poll was it?

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Fri Jul-14-06 02:07 PM
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3. So giving their PM a tour of Graceland causes a radical change in Japan's

perception of Iraq involvement. Right. The reason they were pulling out is because he was getting his hiney slapped by his people for sending troops.

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Fri Jul-14-06 09:13 PM
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4. The June report from Pew strongly suggests a different story:

".. support for the U.S.-led war on terrorism .... among Japanese .. has tumbled from 61% in 2002 to 26% today .." http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?PageID=825

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