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Viewing cable 08SAOPAULO22, MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT; SAO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08SAOPAULO22 2008-01-16 18:01 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0014
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0022 0161801
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 161801Z JAN 08
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7829
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 8976
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 8541
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 3007
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000022 
 
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: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT; SAO 
PAULO 
 
 
"Weak Results" 
 
Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (1/16) 
editorialized: "President George W. Bush concludes today his 
eight-day visit to six Middle East nations with a poor balance 
regarding ambitious US projects for the region.... Bush is still 
trying to compensate for the effects of the invasion in Iraq in 
2003... and he wants to promote a scenario of stability that does 
not lead to further oil price hikes.... The weakness of leaders 
[such as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian National 
authority's President Mahmoud Abbas] prevents their commitment to 
the concessions necessary to advancing the peace process. In Kuwait, 
Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, Bush kept harping on 
the risks of Iran's aggressive regional strategy. But the 
presidential rhetoric was undermined by friendly fire: the recent 
report released by the US intelligence services on the suspension, 
in 2003, of the Iranian project to build a nuclear bomb. Actually, 
Bush has not even achieved much more modest goals such as preventing 
Iran's rapprochement with Egypt, a nation where he will conclude his 
Middle East visit today." 
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