Koizumi's decision
It was shocking to learn that Japanese Premier Junichiro Koizumi has remained adamant and bent upon sending troops to Iraq (jeopardising Japan's post-war policy), in spite of the recent slaying of two Japanese diplomats. After all, they don't have to send troops to become cannon fodder, and also to be known as enemies of Iraqis, while their presence won't do any good.
I want to make it known to the Japanese people that Koizumi had already made a mistake by giving support to the US, the actual terrorists, and has again put the Japanese nation in jeopardy by deciding to send troops to Iraq and deploy them for combating Iraqi people whose country had been taken over by force and forgery. Iraqis want to govern Iraq by themselves and want the current administration being run under the auspices of the UN , not the US and its accomplices.
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