According to Democrat Brad Sherman, “The U.S. administration allowed Japan to invest in a major oil field project in Iran in exchange for its dispatch of Self-Defence Forces troops to Iraq.”
“An administration desperate for re-election will take 550 soldiers from Japan, which provide the veneer of international support and credibility for our relations in Iraq, which is the preoccupation of the electorate, and give the green light to US$2.8 billion going from Japan to Iran,” accused Sherman, who was speaking in a hearing held by the House International Relations Committee.
Such a revelation, in an election year, certainly does not help President George W. Bush as he prepares his Administration for what seems to be a tight race for the presidency.
