Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Political jujitsu

Well I'll be darned...
I've been doing that art for 30 years, but didn't know there was such a thing :-)
Seems you learn something new every day.

Story:
Japan -- Last week, in a brilliant parting shot, (Prime Minister) Koizumi announced the withdrawal of Japanese troops from Iraq and introduced legislation to elevate the Japan Defense Agency to full ministry status.

Japan's jujitsu prime minister turned popular opposition to the Iraq war into unprecedented levels of support for the Japanese military and leaves office at a time when a majority of Japanese now favor revision of the pacifist constitution. In five short years, Koizumi created a more muscular Japan with more security options than at any time since the 1940s.

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