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...countries have secured temporary help because of U.S. diplomatic needs. President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia--a country plagued by violent anti-U.S. rioting since early October--stopped by the White House Sept. 22, when President Bush agreed for one year to lift 5% to 10% tariffs on 11 Indonesian goods, including copper, plywood sheeting, rattan, sorbitol sweetener and tuna. This deal was designed to deliver some help to Indonesia, with minimal impact on U.S.-based industries...
...five years, I don?t find their presence particularly jarring. First the Asian financial crisis hit us in the mid-90s, and the rupiah went from 2,500 per dollar to 11,000 per dollar in about 90 days. Then came the anti-Suharto revolution, and the beginnings of Indonesian democracy. Then the presidential election, where a plurality of popular votes went to Megawati but the politicians in Jakarta decided to give the Presidency to Abdurrahman Wahid. Then this year another crisis led the same politicians to bring down Wahid and install Megawati into power...
...news from the Internet, so every day I see ten or twenty new stories, examining the issues from every angle, including the plight of innocent people caught in the crosshairs - both in New York and in Afghanistan. Then I look at the top headlines of the Indonesian-language newspapers, which read, "America Attacks Afghanistan - bin Laden Still Safe...
...protect the mining operation and their American partners. They?ve set up their own law and order forces, cordons and roadblocks, and made it clear that they will not allow outside interference in their lives. My electrician was upset that this type of development, which involves thousands of Indonesian Muslims, has gotten no publicity, whereas every anti-American demonstration with 50 people hits the front pages...
...Indonesian government?s inability, so far, to find its way in this crisis is perplexing to those of us who have observed the country for many years. Indonesia is the fourth largest nation in the world, and the largest Muslim nation, with very important strategic demographics, but for decades has maintained an incredibly low global profile. No other nation this large is so little understood and publicized in the world at large. So why now, when a low profile is most called for, is the Indonesian government suddenly wandering onto center stage, with seemingly nothing to gain from a prominent...