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2008-04-03 Southeast Asia

Indonesian students attack Dutch consulate

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Posted by Fred 2008-04-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Global Jihad

#1 aaaa...didn't we send billions to Indonesia afterthe Quake/Tsunami?

aaaa...didn't we send an Aircraft Carrier [loaded with helicopters and supplies and Superb Americans] and a small fleet along with it to help Indonesia after the Quake/Tsunami?

I know it's the Dutch in this case but these animals [gubmint of Indo] who half ass supported the Bali Bombers and support/ed that toothy son of bitch [cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir] should NEVER get a dime of yours or my money.

If only we could D-11 the UN building and the State Dept into rubble, tiny tiny bits..... yaa I kno.. i can dream tho...

Posted by RD">RD 2008-04-03 02:47|| 2008-04-03 02:47|| Front Page Top

#2 They also emme to have forgotten how, except for rebuilding mosques, little if any aid came from Muslim countries, even from rich ones like Saudi Arabia.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-04-03 10:20|| 2008-04-03 10:20|| Front Page Top

#3 In no way to justify the violence, but by way of explanation, (in part) this is probably in some ways just a continued historical grudge -- since Indonesia was brutally ruled as a colony of the Dutch for about two centuries (i.e., the Dutch East Indies). Post WW II, there was an almost five year war fought for independence, and a lot of anti-West, anti-White sentiment created. It didn't help for the Dutch to use Christian Indonesians as their chief enforcers -- that led to some resentment along those lines too. In other words, any excuse will do when it comes to acting out against the Dutch in Indonesia.

Indonesia is a smorgasbord of cultures, religions, and ideologies -- despite being the largest "Muslim" country in the world. Nonetheless, if you'd like to ever see the likes of a Reformation Movement in Islam it's probably going to come out of the likes of organizations such as Indonesias Liberal Islam Network. Indonesia's cultural and political climate is not easily reducible to monolithic themes. (See, e.g., this link and comments there.) In part, that's the hope for the country. Melting pots are good.

Many Muslims can be our allies in the WOT -- as evidenced by the dead bodies and spilt blood of those Muslims the islamofascists target as collaborators -- whether in Palestine, Iraq, or elsewhere in the world. Indonesia has been very active in shutting down islamofascism. (See link and comments there, and this storyU.S.-Indonesia Ties Called Crucial in Struggle Against Extremism.) I can't think of another country that has arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced so many of its own citizens for islamofascist extremism -- including sentencing several of these thugs to death.

The tsunami aid was greatly appreciated in Indonesia, and built long lasting good will. Besides that, regardless, it was the right thing to do. And, if no one else (but there were, many, many besides), the Lutherans on Nias appreciated it.

Posted by cingold 2008-04-03 16:58|| 2008-04-03 16:58|| Front Page Top

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