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Viewing cable 06BUENOSAIRES759, MEDIA REACTION IRAQ IRAN US IMMIGRATION

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06BUENOSAIRES759 2006-04-03 19:23 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Buenos Aires
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DE RUEHBU #0759/01 0931923
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 031923Z APR 06
FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4037
INFO RHMFISS/CDR USSOCOM MACDILL AFB FL//SCJ2//
RULGPUA/USCOMSOLANT
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000759 
 
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 IRAQ IRAN US IMMIGRATION 
POLICY MOUSSAOUI AND THE WAR ON TERROR ARGENTINE ANTI- 
MONEY LAUNDERING LEGISLATION US TREASURY DEPARTMENT ON 
ARGENTINE DEBT EVO MORALES US DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND 
USDA COMMENTS ON ARGENTINA SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS 
ISRAELI ELECTIONS WORLD ENVIRONMENT 04/03/06 
 
1. SUMMARY STATEMENT 
 
Weekend papers cover US Secretary of State Condoleezza 
Rice acknowledging US "mistakes" in Iraq; the 
implications of the war in Iraq and the threat posed 
by Iran; US immigration policies and their impact on 
upcoming US legislative elections; the trial of 
Zacarias Moussaoui; FATF praise for Argentina's 
progress on anti-money laundering legislation; the 
opinion of an anonymous US Treasury official that 
Argentina should negotiate its defaulted debt; the 
upcoming Bolivian referendum over greater regional 
autonomy; the US State Department and Department of 
Energy's critical comments on Argentine trade and 
energy policies; the USDA criticizing Argentina's 
suspension of meat exports; and the visit of Catholic 
priest Roy Bourgeois to Latin America. Leading 
"Clarin" carries two editorials, one on the outcome of 
Israeli elections, the other on global environmental 
damage. 
 
2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES 
 
- "Rice acknowledges mistakes in Iraq" 
 
Daily-of-record "La Nacion" reports (04/01) "US 
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged 
 
SIPDIS 
yesterday that the US made 'thousands' of tactical 
errors in Iraq since the beginning of the invasion in 
2003, although she insisted on defending the USG 
decision to overthrow dictator Saddam Hussein. 
 
"During a visit to the UK, where she was the target of 
massive protest demonstrations, the USG official 
attempted to calm Europe's concerns about the 'war on 
terrorism' launched by the Bush administration, and 
she added that the US 'does not want to be the warden 
of the world.' 
 
"Nonetheless, Rice sustained that the removal of 
former Iraqi president Hussein was 'a positive 
strategic decision,' because 'it would have been 
impossible to build a different Middle East with 
Saddam Hussein in the middle.'" 
 
- "US - from the mistakes in Iraq to the threat posed 
by Iran" 
 
Oscar Raul Cardoso, international analyst of leading 
"Clarin," comments (04/01) "... Republican legislator 
Henry Hyde, who presides over the US House Committee 
on International Relations, said 'Becoming indifferent 
to easily recognizable signs, we run the risk of 
ignoring the long-term costs of our actions and 
retreats, which should lead us to re-assessing our 
goals and means.' 
 
"His reference to the Iraqi chaos generated by the 
2003 invasion is clear... 
 
"Many members of the G.O.P. are telling Bush that it 
is increasingly clear that (the invasion of) Iraq was 
a mistake and that the time is approaching when it 
will be unavoidable to acknowledge this. 
 
Regarding Iran, most experts agree that Iran does not 
have the feared bomb, nor is it on the verge of having 
it and, in any event, there are those who believe that 
if Tehran enters the exclusive Nuclear Club, it would 
not be a factor that could significantly alter the 
current power balance in the region. 
 
"The bottom line is that Bush ordered Iran to abandon 
its nuclear program from his rigid 'You are with me or 
you are against me'-view. From this point of view, 
there is not much margin either for negotiation or for 
Iran to dismiss Washington's wishes. This is why, as 
happened in 2003 in Iraq, the diplomatic scene (UN, 
etc.) threatens to become irrelevant once again." 
 
- "Immigration, a challenge for Bush" 
 
Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington-based correspondent for 
 
 
 
 
 
daily-of-record "La Nacion," comments (04/02) 
"Accustomed as they are to passing unnoticed, and, 
even more, to making an effort not to call attention 
to themselves, illegal immigrants have broken their 
own rules. One million people - most of them Hispanics 
- demonstrated in Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, 
Phoenix and this capital city during the last eight 
days. This time, they wanted to be heard. 
 
"... How to respond to the wave of immigration has 
become one of the most sensitive topics in the 
remaining time before November legislative elections, 
as well as the status of the economy, the fight 
against terrorism and the future of Iraq. According to 
a Pew Hispanic Center opinion survey, 52% of Americans 
believe illegal immigrants represent a 'burden' 
because they ultimately obtain work positions and 
houses... 44% believe they 'strengthen' the country. 
 
"President George W. Bush agrees with the second view 
and he got involved in the Congressional debate. With 
declining popularity ratings, and elections getting 
closer, the road to be taken by legislators could well 
turn him into a 'lame duck' or, on the contrary, he 
could still preserve the power he won in 2004. Bush 
supports the idea of granting temporary legal worker 
status to illegal immigrants, with the possibility of 
becoming permanent residents and, after that, 
citizens, although without priority over legal 
residents already in the process of becoming 
citizens." 
 
- "Moussaoui: lying for jihad" 
 
Gwynne Dyer, contributor for liberal, English-language 
"Buenos Aires Herald," writes (04/03) "'You are 
allowed to lie for jihad. You're allowed any technique 
to defeat your enemy,' Zacarias Moussaoui told the 
Virginia courtroom on March 27, trying to explain why 
he had changed his story about not being directly 
involved in the September 11 plot. 
 
"... Moussaoui's testimony is worthless - and yet his 
trial does tell us some important things about 
September 11. It reminds us of the spectacular 
incompetence of the FBI... It also reminds us that the 
White House was not paying attention to intellgence 
about terrorist threats anyway, so focused was it on 
building a case for invading Iraq... 
 
"Above all, it reminds us of what sad sacks the 
terrorists were. Over the past four and a half years, 
the Bush administration has constructed its entire 
foreign policy on a 'war against terror' which 
presupposes a serious opponent on the other side... 
 
"... This is not a global crisis, however much 
President Bush strives to define it as such. From the 
start, the 'war on terror' has served as a cover for 
various plans for asserting US military and political 
hegemony around the world that were already on the 
agenda of the neoconservatives for years before they 
took control of US foreign and defense policy with the 
inauguration of Mr. Bush in January, 2001. It has been 
one of the longest and most successful hoaxes in 
history - but the strategies that hide behind it are 
still doomed to end in failure." 
 
- "FATF praises Argentina" 
 
Daily-of-record "La Nacion" reports (04/01) "Argentina 
passed the test - Kander Asmal, head of the Financial 
Action Task Force (FATF)... showed he is happy with 
the progress made by our country in adapting its 
legislation to the FATF's recommendations to fight 
money laundering. 
 
"... The head of the Argentine House Committee on 
Foreign Relations, Jorge Arguello, said that 
'Argentina has passed the FATF's June review'... The 
FATF had asked Argentina to approve legislation 
facilitating the judicial investigation of money 
laundering crimes. For this purpose and aware of the 
 
 
 
 
 
arrival of the FATF delegation, the Argentine Lower 
House accelerated the enactment of a law to lift 
banking, stock exchange and professional secrecy. 
However, legislators acknowledged that financial 
terrorism is still a problem which has been solved in 
most countries of the world." 
 
- "Argentine Government is asked to negotiate its 
defaulted debt" 
 
 
Martin Kanenguiser, on special assignment in Belo 
Horizonte for daily-of-record "La Nacion," writes 
(04/02) "The US Treasury Department believes Argentina 
should resume negotiations with its holdout 
creditors... 
 
"A high-ranking Treasury official said yesterday that 
the Bush administration still considers this issue 
very important. 
 
"... 'We are not siding with creditors or with the 
Government, but something should be done - 
negotiations should continue.'" 
 
- "Domestic problems ahead for Morales" 
 
Mark Scott, contributor for liberal, English-language 
"Buenos Aires Herald," writes (04/01) "Since taking 
office in January, Bolivia's president Evo Morales has 
made worldwide headlines with his controversial 
leadership style and anti-globalization rhetoric. 
 
"... A referendum over greater regional autonomy will 
be held in conjunction with the election of delegates 
for the constitutional assembly in July. 
 
"Indeed, he has spent more time bolstering alliances 
with left-wing politicians throughout Latin America, 
as well as reassuring the US of his 'coca si, cocaine 
no' drug policy, than he has addressing the growing 
regional autonomy movement. 
 
"If Morales does not confront it soon, however, he may 
learn first-hand, as did the presidents preceding him, 
that the greatest challenge to democracy in Bolivia 
comes from within the country's borders." 
 
- "The US strongly criticizes the Argentine trade and 
energy policies" 
 
Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington-based correspondent for 
daily-of-record "La Nacion," comments (04/01) "Members 
of the USG criticized several points of the Argentine 
economic policy by warning that it could bring 
'serious' consequences for local growth, inflation 
control and new investment. 
 
"These remarks were made by members of the USTR, and 
the US Secretary of Energy, who agree with the remarks 
made by the US Department of Agriculture about the 
suspension on meat exports. 
 
"Karen Harbert, Under Secretary for International 
Issues at the US Department of Energy, focused on 
price controls in Argentina's energy production 
system, and she placed the country among those facing 
'serious challenges' in this area in Latin America, 
along with Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador." 
 
"Also, the US State Department does not like the 
(Argentine) Government's decision to freeze prices and 
suspend meat exports." 
 
- "The USDA criticizes the Argentine ban on exports" 
 
Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington-based correspondent for 
daily-of-record "La Nacion," writes (04/01) "The US 
Department of Agriculture criticized the suspension of 
meat exports ordered by the Argentine government. It 
predicted that its impact will be highly negative if 
it goes beyond the 180 days expected, and it assessed 
that the measure could affect the image of the country 
abroad." 
 
 
 
 
 
 
- "They want to close the School of the Americas" 
 
Nestor Restivo, columnist of leading "Clarin," writes 
(04/03) "... Catholic priest Roy Bourgeois, one of the 
founders of SOA Watch, came to Latin America, came to 
Latin America... so that the claim of US citizens who 
'pay 20 million dollars per year in taxes to support 
this school of murderers' adds itself to the region's 
commitment 'not to send more military or police 
officers to the school.' 
 
"'The US renamed the School as Western Hemisphere 
Institute for Security Cooperation, but 'it is the 
same as in the past - the only difference is that 
instead of talking about anti-subversion, they talk 
about global terrorism and drug trafficking. In fact, 
it trains those who defend economic interests in the 
region with their crimes." 
 
3. EDITORIALS 
 
- "Israel voted for peace" 
 
An editorial in leading "Clarin" (04/03) reads "The 
outcome of Israeli elections indicated that current PM 
Ehud Olmert is Ariel Sharon's successor. 
 
"This continuity suggests a change in the Israeli 
political map with the emergence of a new centrist 
political force whose unifying factor is the promise 
to solve the conflict with the Palestinians. 
 
"It is the first time that such a proposal is 
supported by the majority of the Israeli electorate... 
 
"... Formulas for consensus will be required to attend 
to the chief demands of the people, among them, a 
resolute peace process under such difficult 
circumstances as a Palestinian government in the hands 
of Hamas, which has not renounced violence or war." 
 
- "Gloomy environmental future" 
 
Leading "Clarin" editorializes (04/01) "... The 
environmental situation is so sensitive that, as per 
the UN Convention for Biodiversity's request, a group 
of experts have pointed out that even if an immediate 
stop of all carbon dioxide emissions were implemented, 
there would be a lingering inertial impact for decades 
and temperatures would continue increasing. 
 
"If this gloomy prediction comes true, it could bring 
the extinction of many species and would force the 
implementation of adapting strategies. Entire 
populations, like that of Tuvalu, would have to be 
evacuated while catastrophes like that of New Orleans 
(which would not have happened had its marshes not 
been destroyed) would repeat themselves in many parts 
of the world. 
 
"In spite of this knowledge, the attitude of some of 
the main powers prevents basic deals aimed at 
alleviating the environmental damage." 
 
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