Will Indonesia become part of the new Axis of Evil?
They are keen to be very close friends with China, Iran and Russia and their military is really quite independent to the government, making money from illegal activities and businesses. Also today: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7493829.stm
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Half the countries in the world are like this
2 :
Aside from the real terrorist sitting in the White House.... Indonesians for the moment are fairly peaceable people, but if we ever really set them off somehow, and they ever really got hostile, and wanted to jihad, believe me, all 300 million or so of them would show us a brand new definition of terrorism
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I doubt it. Despite their "questionable" ties, Indonesia is one of the more secular countries in which Islam is the prevalent religion. Granted there have been some terrorist actions throughout the country, but these have been rare in juxtaposition to similar circumstanced countries. Corruption within the government there may be a problem but the people of Indonesia have a strong sense of democracy and a respect for the rule of law. They are also fairly pro American view and their sense of democratic fairness (the people's) aligns our two nations closer than most people think. Moreover, the U.S. participation in tsunami relief a few years back has exalted our status among their people. I do not think Indonesia will become an enemy of the United States and I feel they will remain a key ally.
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Fighting against Indonesia would be a nightmare: Trudging around in muddy Vietnam style rainforests while being attacked by suicide bombers.....300 million pissed off Muslims ....Al Qaeda would learn jungle warfare/terrorism and join the war.....there would be decapitations....it would be hell.....every island would be a battle....and there are many islands........Doesn't the U.S. have enough problems?
