PM Koizumi's teflon is wearing off because of Iraq

[Taro Toporific]

Despite all the fraudulent polls of the past year, Japan's entry into Iraq is deeply disliked by all normal Japanese. Finally, Koizumi's teflon has started show some wear.
Koizumi's popularity plummets after extending troop presence in Iraq
Channel NewsAsia / Dec 12: Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's support rating has plunged to 37 percent as a growing number of people oppose his decision to extend Japan's troop deployment in Iraq...Support for the cabinet fell eight points from a month ago to below 40 percent for the first time since he took office in April 2004...62 percent opposed to the [Iraq troop] extension, up from 51 percent a month earlier, while 31 percent were supportive, up from 27 percent.A full 84 percent said the premier's explanation for the extension was "inadequate".

[Taro Toporific]

Japan to withdraw SDF from Iraq if security deteriorates: Ono
TOKYO, Dec. 12, Kyodo - Defense Agency Director General Yoshinori Ono said Sunday that Japan would withdraw the Self-Defense Forces from Iraq if security deteriorates, even though the government recently decided to extend their deployment by one year
''If it becomes unsafe, there may be a situation where we have to decide to halt operations there,'' Ono said in a TV program on Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) Sunday morning....

[goldenboy_ge]

''If it becomes unsafe, there may be a situation where we have to decide to halt operations there,'' <---- c'mon!! Get the Japs outta there!