最后，两人都亲美，中曾根康弘宣布日本是美国在东亚“不沉的航空母舰 ” ， 小泉则向伊拉克派兵支持美国为首的战争行动。
Finally, both are pro-American, with Nakasone declaring Japan to be America’s “unsinkable aircraft carrier” in East Asia and Koizumi sending troops to Iraq in support of the United States-led war effort.