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Viewing cable 09SAOPAULO499, MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; SAO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09SAOPAULO499 2009-08-19 16:47 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0008
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0499 2311647
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 191647Z AUG 09
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9520
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 0654
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 9234
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000499 
 
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 XM XR XF BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; SAO 
PAULO 
 
August 19, 2009 
 
Title- The never ending war 
 
Op-ed in liberal Folha de S.Paulo (8-19) by Washington's 
correspondent Sergio Davila says:"...If there is one characteristic 
that differentiates Barack Obama from his predecessor.....it is the 
Democrat's healthy habit of telling the truth to the public - always 
when possible..... [When Obama said the Afghan war would not be easy 
or rapid] he should have also said that the second conflict [the 
first being the one in Iraq] cannot be won.  Fighting against Al 
Qaeda is like fighting the law of gravity.....If everything goes as 
the White House expects, [the current President Hamid] Karzai will 
win the [elections].......This would push Al Qaeda even more into 
neighboring Pakistan.  And this would then be the new chapter in the 
never ending war." 
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