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Viewing cable 07SAOPAULO30, MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: PRESIDENT BUSH'S IRAQ SECURITY PLAN;

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07SAOPAULO30 2007-01-12 12:31 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0024
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0030 0121231
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 121231Z JAN 07
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6274
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 7357
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 7706
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 2678
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000030 
 
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: IRAQ: PRESIDENT BUSH'S IRAQ SECURITY PLAN; 
SAO PAULO 
 
"Bush's Plan" 
 
The lead editorial in liberal, largest national circulation daily 
Folha de S. Paulo (1/12) asserted: "By announcing the sending of 
additional 20,000 troops to Iraq, President George W. Bush ignored 
the wishes of even many of his allies.  The White House's new 
strategy contradicts the US Council of former Military Commanders in 
Iraq.... Bush's decision also opposes the military and political 
experience acquired over the past four years in Iraq. Similar 
attempts failed.... Of course, there was some progress in the 
presidential course towards a less obscure view of reality. Bush 
admitted for the first time the possibility of the US leaving Iraq 
defeated and recognized having committed strategic mistakes. 
Everything indicates that the new plan is another such mistake.... 
Of course, the new plan could theoretically help to pacify 
Baghdad.... The problem with the new strategy is that it depends on 
many 'ifs.' Even 35,000 troops are few to police a disturbed 6 
million-inhabitant city.... Part of the Shiite militias fostering 
the civil war has infiltrated the Iraqi army. The idea of bringing 
Kurd troops from the northern region is also troublesome. The best 
chance the Kurds have to form an independent national state depends 
on the fragmentation of Iraq. The proposal of making social 
investments to follow military actions is a good one, but it seems 
too late for that.... The truth is that the war in Iraq was a 
complete disaster. President Bush speaks about victory and proposes 
an escalation of a conflict that, at the current moment, can hardly 
tolerate a military solution. And worse, he does that by 
contradicting everything and everyone." 
McMullen