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I have been following Japanese newspapers and found a website called Nichi Bei Times (www.nichibeitimes.com) with a message board.

The message board has had very strange messages which pop up temporarily and appear to be erased by a moderator.

These messages appear to be posted by a person who is feeding Al Qaeda propaganda as part of a psyop game.

AQ operatives may be posting to US internet boards from foreign IP addresses.

Regarding the "soft underbelly" of the Japanese, the reality is that the Japanese are interested in conflict resolution AND conflict avoidance. So, if the Iraqi government personally requested assistance from the Japanese and provided the security, I suspect that Koizumi's government would be there.

However, in this regard, it is a third party (the US gov't) requesting aid for a second party (the Iraqi people). Since the parties are now fighting, the Japanese choose not to stand between the sides.

That is not irrational or weak.

It is logical and a strong stand... they are basically telling the US Administration that they need better assurance that their investment of men and money does not go to waste. They are not interested in sending their aid and men while the US gov't leaves.

Thanks bm-san, for thinking "out of the hako" on this one. Good thoughts, all of them, and aint a thing I can take issue with. Plus, thanks for the enemy psyops tip that I'll check out. IMHO, the President needs to speak to the American people again, this time for a good thirty minutes on the essence of PSY OPS and how that is precisely what we are under by the terrorists at this time. Then challenge the nine pathetic if not dangerous Democrat ostrich detractors to point out anything in his talk they would differ with, and if not, to shut up, and git with the program. Bring it on.

The American people have the will, so do the Japanese, but they have to be reminded of that fact, given encouragement, and shown what the alternative is AGAIN!!