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Viewing cable 06BUENOSAIRES628, MEDIA REACTION US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY

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06BUENOSAIRES628 2006-03-20 11:28 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Buenos Aires
VZCZCXYZ0008
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHBU #0628/01 0791128
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 201128Z MAR 06
FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3865
INFO RHMFIUU/CDR USSOCOM MACDILL AFB FL//SCJ2//
RULGPUA/USCOMSOLANT
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000628 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR INR/R/MR, I/GWHA, WHA, WHA/PDA, WHA/BSC, 
WHA/EPSC 
CDR USSOCOM FOR J-2 IAD/LAMA 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY 
REPORT IRAN IRAQ IRAN-LATIN AMERICAN TIES DEATH OF 
MILOSEVIC AND THE ICC ARGENTINE DECORATION FOR FORMER 
HUMAN RIGHTS A/S PATRICIA DERIAN 03/17/06 
 
 
1. SUMMARY STATEMENT 
 
Today's most important international stories include 
the US Operation Swarmer, its largest air assault 
against Baghdad; the US National Security Strategy 
Report, in which US President George W. Bush 
reaffirmed his strike-first policy against terrorists 
and enemy nations and termed Venezuelan President 
Chavez as "a demagogue and destabilizing influence;" 
the US foreign policy on Iraq on the third anniversary 
of the invasion of the country; Iran's alleged 
interest in Latin American countries to find a way out 
of a possible UN embargo; the Argentine Government's 
decoration for former Human Rights Assistant Secretary 
Patricia Derian for her work in Argentina during the 
Carter administration; and the International Criminal 
Court's unfinished trial of former Serbian dictator 
Milosevic. 
 
2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES 
 
- "Bush told the US Congress that he plans an attack 
against Iran" 
 
Leading "Clarin" reports (03/17) "Yesterday, US 
President George W. Bush acknowledged in his National 
Security Strategy report (which was submitted to the 
US Congress) that his government is analyzing the 
possibility of a military attack against Iran. The 
White House leader's message is an updated version of 
his 2002 'pre-emptive attack' policy, whereby 
Washington believes it has the right to strike first 
against enemy countries. The first country on the list 
(of enemy countries) after the invasion of Iraq is the 
ayatollahs' regime. 
 
"In its 42-page report, the White House also mentions 
Cuba and Venezuela." 
 
- "Tehran now observes Latin America with interest" 
 
Gustavo Sierra, on special assignment in Tehran for 
leading "Clarin," comments (03/17) "Iran is looking to 
Latin America in finding a way out in the event the UN 
imposes an embargo on it as a consequence of its 
confrontation with the US over its independent nuclear 
development plan. Iran is particularly interested in 
getting closer to its main interlocutor in the region, 
the Venezuela of Hugo Chavez. 
 
"But it is not only Caracas. There are the other 
leftist governments, which are confronted with the US 
while in tune with the Iranian theocracy. When the 
International Atomic Energy Agency 35 members voted in 
Vienna on the transfer of the Iranian case to the UN 
Security Council, Iran only had three votes in its 
favor - that of Syria, a predictable ally in the 
region, Venezuela and Cuba. 
 
"Iran also approached Bolivia since Evo Morales took 
over, who proposed a trilateral strategic alliance 
with Venezuela. Brazil has 'normal' relations with 
Iran. 
 
"Argentina's ties with Iran have been frozen for 12 
years since the attack against the AMIA headquarters." 
 
- "Bush confirms pre-emptive wars" 
 
Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington-based correspondent for 
daily-of-record "La Nacion," comments (03/17) "Four 
years and a half after the September 11 attacks, US 
President George W. Bush confirmed in his National 
Security Strategy Report his questioned pre-emptive 
policy, which is aimed at protecting US security, and 
he said Iran may pose the 'biggest challenge' for the 
US these days. 
 
"... Bush also reasserted that the US plays a leading 
role in 'setting a model for the world' and preventing 
(by hitting first) terrorist groups or countries 
having WMD from attacking the US. 
 
"However, and in contrast to a previous version of the 
document, this time the White House underscored its 
 
 
 
'strong preference' of multilateral international 
diplomacy to face these threats, although with a blunt 
limit - 'If necessary, under the longstanding 
principles of self defense, we do not rule out the use 
of force before attacks against the US occur, even if 
uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the 
enemy's attack." 
 
- "When retreat is not an option" 
 
Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington-based correspondent for 
daily-of-record "La Nacion," highlights (03/17) 
"Questioned by the leaders of other powers and with 
the GOP close to rebellion, with increasing financial 
restrictions, with Iraq flirting with civil war and 
without sound resources to launch a war on Iran, US 
President George W. Bush reaffirmed yesterday a policy 
that will pass into history with his name - the US 
strike-first policy. 
 
"... Neo-conservatives sustain that the US has 
unparalleled political, war and economic power and 
that it should use this power in pursuing its moral 
objectives, such as the promotion of democracy and the 
control of foreign threats. 
 
"Secondly, neo-conservatives are deeply skeptical 
about the efficacy of multilateral institutions (first 
and foremost, the UN) and international law in dealing 
with 'tyrants' like Saddam Hussein, Mahmoud 
Ahmadinejad or North-Korean Kim Jong Il, or the 
conflict between Palestinians and Israelis." 
 
- "Disheartened" 
 
Alejandra Pataro, international columnist of leading 
"Clarn," writes (03/17) "Almost three years have 
passed since the invasion of Iraq, and today war is 
nothing but a 'stone lifejacket' for the Bush 
administration during an election year. 
 
"The US president barely has 36% of support. The 
occupation stopped being an element to seduce the US 
electorate, which in 2003 unconditionally applauded 
the military adventure. Today, with 2,300 soldiers 
killed, the story has changed. 
 
"Bush travels around the US repeating a discourse 
related to his victorious strategy in Iraq in order to 
reverse his unpopular ratings. Words are not enough 
for him. Yesterday's cinematographic military 
offensive with helicopters (along the lines of 
'Apocalypse Now') perhaps is aimed at cheering the US 
people up." 
 
- "US terms Chavez a 'demagogue' and a 'destabilizing 
influence'" 
 
Business-financial "Ambito Financiero" (03/17) 
"According to a White House report (National Security 
Strategy report), Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is 
'a demagogue' that uses oil money to undermine 
democracy in Latin America. The report also denounced 
populism in the region, accused Cuban dictator Fidel 
Castro of 'subverting regional freedom,' and pointed 
to Iran as the US's major current challenge. 
 
"... The document also warned on the danger posed by 
the increasing populism in the region and called to 
act in order to prevent its progress. 
 
"... While the document hails the FTAs negotiated with 
several countries of the region..., most of its text 
is devoted to Iraq and Afghanistan and to defending 
the 'pre-emptive' attacks policy against those 
countries threatening the US. In this regard, it 
considers Iran its most important challenge." 
 
- "Former US Assistant Secretary for Human Rights 
receives a decoration" 
 
Maria Luisa Mac Kay, columnist of leading "Clarin," 
writes (03/17) "On March 24, the Argentine Government 
will decorate Patricia Derian, former US Assistant 
Secretary for Human Rights during the Carter 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
 
administration. 
 
"... During the three visits Derian made to Argentina 
in 1977, she met with Videla, Massera, Harguindeguy 
and received more than 5,000 denunciations. 
 
"... The decoration will be presented to Derian by 
Argentine Consul to New York Hector Timerman, who 
organized a ceremony in the framework of a long list 
of ceremonies that the Argentine Government is 
organizing all over the world." 
 
3. EDITORIALS 
 
- "Former dictator Milosevic's death" 
 
Leading "Clarin" editorializes (03/17) "Slobodan 
Milosevic, former Serbian dictator, died in prison 
just a few months away from the end of his trial at 
the International Criminal Court. 
 
"... 66 charges of genocide and crime against humanity 
were filed against him. Milosevic started to be judged 
in 2002... The international community established a 
court to judge the crimes committed in former 
Yugoslavia... whose work was expected to end next 
year. Milosevic's death has not cured the old wounds, 
which are still painfully open in the Balkans." 
 
To see more Buenos Aires reporting, visit our 
classified website at: 
http://www.state.sqov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 
 
The Media Reaction Report reflects articles and 
opinions by the cited news media and do not 
necessarily reflect U.S. Embassy policy or views.  The 
Public Affairs Section does not independently verify 
information. The report is intended for internal U.S. 
Government use only. 
 
GUTIERREZ