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Viewing cable 07BUENOSAIRES945, MEDIA REACTION; US-FRENCH RELATIONSHIP; FORMER US VICE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07BUENOSAIRES945 2007-05-14 16:05 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Buenos Aires
VZCZCXYZ0019
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHBU #0945/01 1341605
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 141605Z MAY 07
FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8142
INFO RHMFISS/CDR USSOCOM MACDILL AFB FL//SCJ2//
RULGPUA/USCOMSOLANT
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000945 
 
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-FRENCH RELATIONSHIP; FORMER US VICE 
PRESIDENT GORE'S ADDRESS TO BIO-FUELS CONGRESS IN BUENOS AIRES; US 
FTAS WITH PERU AND PANAMA; US NATIONALISTIC STRATEGY; 05/14/07; 
BUENOS AIRES 
 
1. SUMMARY STATEMENT 
 
Weekend international stories include the status of the US-French 
relationship following Sarkozy's victory in presidential elections; 
the impact of former US Vice President Al Gore's address to the 
first Bio-Fuels Congress for the Americas, held in Buenos Aires; 
President George W. Bush and Republican legislators reaching a 
'historic' agreement with the Democratic opposition to unblock 
ratification of the FTAs negotiated with Peru and Panama; and an 
argument that the US humanitarianism has been taken to nationalistic 
levels, as revealed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
 
2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS 
 
- "The French revolution" 
 
Jorge Elias, international columnist of daily-of-record "La Nacion," 
penned (05/13) "... At Bush's worst moment (he is on the verge of 
losing Blair's complicity), Sarkozy wants to revisit the US-French 
relationship, which was damaged by the war in Iraq. Chirac had 
rejected its unipolar features and acted in line with France's 
cultural rather than political anti-US feeling. 
 
"Sarkozy preaches the reinforcement of national identity, which 
includes an administrative siege on immigration, zero tolerance for 
rebelious actions, fewer civil servants and more working hours. He 
rejects Turkey's entry into the EU, and supports rapprochement with 
Israel and a renewed friendship with the US. 
 
"The five presidents of the Fifth Republic... implemented a Gaullist 
view of sovereignty - they attempted to avoid any excess of the 
American friend so as not to follow the steps of Thatcher, Blair or 
whoever ruled the UK... The other France, perhaps feeling guilty, 
cooperated with the US in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Iran as 
well as, in general, in the struggle against terrorism. As a matter 
of fact, the rapprochement between Bush and Sarkozy is less 
surprising than the distant and cold relationship between Bush and 
Chirac. 
 
"That other France, the real one, elected Sarkozy, who is close to 
Merkel and admires Blair, the latest Blair, similar to Thatcher. 
That other France, the real one, reflects the feeling of Europe, 
more willing to reaffirm its national identity without disregarding 
globalization than to recreate utopia." 
 
- "Al Gore defends bio-fuels although he also highlights the risks 
involved" 
 
Natasha Niebieskikwiat, political columnist of leading "Clarin," 
writes (05/12) "Al Gore's closing address to the First Bio-Fuels 
Congress of the Americas held in Buenos Aires surprised his audience 
in many ways. 
 
"When everyone expected a 50-minute lecture, the former US president 
took almost two hours to minutely explain why countries should adopt 
urgent measures to reverse the environmental deterioration of the 
planet. 
 
"He also considered bio-fuels 'the solution to the climate crisis 
without damaging the environment.' However, he also warned that 
bio-fuels involve some risks. 
 
"Gore also highlighted that 'every potential solution (to global 
warming) should be cautiously handled and that the danger posed by 
bio-fuels is that extremely valuable forests will be unnecessarily 
destroyed.' 'Another risk is that if bio-fuels are not carefully 
handled, this alternative could raise food prices.'" 
 
- "FTA - Democrats and Republicans reach a deal" 
 
Ana Baron, Washington-based correspondent for leading "Clarin," 
comments (05/12) "President George W. Bush and Republicans 
legislators reached a 'historic' agreement with the Democratic 
opposition, which will unlock the signature of the FTAs that have 
been negotiated with Peru and Panama, but leaves those reached with 
Colombia and South Korea in suspense. 
 
"According to the deal, the so-called FTA will from now on include 
the commitment to the 'basic and internationally recognized labor 
and environmental standards.' 
 
"Democrats believe that the agreement reached is a victory bearing 
in mind the efforts being developed on behalf of the workers' right 
to organize and the need to ban the labor of minors' ... 
 
 
 
"... According to Deputy Sander Levin, in the case of Colombia the 
difficulty lies on the history of political violence and murders of 
trade unionists in the country... while in the case of South Korea, 
the problem is that many legislators is that the FTA would grant 
Korean cars unilateral access to US markets. 
 
"On the other hand, it is still unclear whether the deal reached 
between Republicans and Democrats will be enough to approve the Fast 
Track Authority renewal... However, it is a step in the right 
direction." 
 
- "A long tradition of the US" 
 
Daily-of-record "La Nacion" carries an op-ed piece by former 
Argentine President Raul Alfonsin, who writes (05/14) "Last Sunday 
May 6, I read an advance copy of Eric Hobsbawm's latest book "War 
and peace in the 21st century," in which he says that US-led wars in 
Afghanistan and Iraq have not reached the professed purpose of 
establishing democratic regimes according to Western values. 
Regarding Iraq, the author says that 'no one would dare seriously 
deny that the condition of the people, whose liberation was the 
excuse to undertake the war, is worse than before.' 
 
"... The 'humanitarian' element has a long tradition in US 
nationalism... At first, this curious nationalism, seemingly based 
on ethical reasons, limited itself to the conquest of Texas... 
 
"... The presidency of George W. Bush took the humanitarian view of 
US nationalism to unknown extremes and also gathered broad consensus 
following the September 11 attacks. In this way, the US national 
interest doctrine was re-established based on strategic security and 
the concept of pre-emptive wars but always in the seeming framework 
of that nationalist tradition. According to Hobsbawm, it meant 
bringing the US institutions to the Arab world. 
 
"Hobsbawm said 'If there is a problem in the world, everyone expects 
us to deal with it. It is the price of power'... The outcome of this 
fundamentalism is that instead of reinforcing democratic values in 
Iraq, it ultimately weakens values in the US." 
 
To see more Buenos Aires reporting, visit our 
classified website at: 
http://www.state.sqov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 
 
WAYNE