国防省次官のダグラス・フェイスの日本での発言:
"one of the things that has changed in the world is the idea that there is such a thing
as regional security, something detached from security in other regions of the world.
That idea doesn't really fly any more."
Either way, the Koizumi government decided to have a muscular response this time. It can
also confront its domestic critics with this new evidence of the realities of life.