However, under existing circumstances, dispatching GSDF personnel such as medical teams to refugee camps in Pakistan is probably not a good idea. The United States is not using Pakistani military bases to attack Taliban targets because doing so could upset the foundation of the Musharraf administration in a country where anti-American sentiment is seething. Under such circumstances, dispatching foreign forces to Pakistan requires circumspection. This is not only because it is dangerous but also because the SDF has no system that supports new missions in such areas. Koichiro Tanaka, former political affairs officer of the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan who recently returned to Japan from Islamabad, also questions the move.
International standards are just as important in terms of software as in hardware.
I think Japan can play a broader, more meaningful and diversified role. Terrorism needs to be tackled comprehensively from various angles, for example,by using military force, exchanging information, conducting diplomacy, checking financial trans actions, tightening immigration and drug controls as well as economic and environmental development. It is an important strategic viewpoint that transcends national borders. The idea can be called the Rumsfeld doctrine. If terrorists use a network to threaten us, we should try to counter them by forming flexible networks.