http://www.iht.com/articles/128521.html

New Straits Times (Singapore): Japan rallies around troops in Iraq

Waking up to the reality of their troops finally arriving in Iraq, more Japanese are switching from opposing to supporting the deployment - Japan's first to a combat zone since 1945. According to the latest survey by the Mainichi Shimbun, 47 percent of Japanese now support the dispatch of their Self-Defense Forces to Iraq, up from 35 percent in the last poll. Japan will eventually have 1,000 troops in Iraq and Kuwait. The government's skillful use of its publicity machinery no doubt helped to sway the public. Farewell ceremonies for troops have been reminiscent of send-offs for Japanese contingents to international sporting events. Apart from camouflage uniforms, the departing troops sported no other military gear, least of all weapons, to underline the government's insistence that they were going to rebuild Iraq and not to fight a war. Television reports show the smiling leader of a Self-Defense Force team in Samawa, Iraq, shaking hands or sharing meals with local officials. - From a news report Waking up to the reality of their troops finally arriving in Iraq, more Japanese are switching from opposing to supporting the deployment - Japan's first to a combat zone since 1945. According to the latest survey by the Mainichi Shimbun, 47 percent of Japanese now support the dispatch of their Self-Defense Forces to Iraq, up from 35 percent in the last poll. Japan will eventually have 1,000 troops in Iraq and Kuwait. The government's skillful use of its publicity machinery no doubt helped to sway the public. Farewell ceremonies for troops have been reminiscent of send-offs for Japanese contingents to international sporting events. Apart from camouflage uniforms, the departing troops sported no other military gear, least of all weapons, to underline the government's insistence that they were going to rebuild Iraq and not to fight a war. Television reports show the smiling leader of a Self-Defense Force team in Samawa, Iraq, shaking hands or sharing meals with local officials. - From a news report

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