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| Southeast Asia |
| Indonesia drops chemical weapons on West Papuan villages |
| 2018-12-22 |
| [The Saturday Paper Auz] The Indonesian military has employed airstrikes in West Papua – suspected to include the banned chemical weapon white phosphorus – as a retaliation for murders following a flag-raising protest. |
| Posted by:Anon1 |
| #5 ...then you need to cover Minneapolis and Dearborn as well. Charlie is already in the wire. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-12-22 19:57 |
| #4 Howe many? A few advisers, some weaponry. And that is already in place. Locals should be able to handle this with support. Or would you rather let Islamic Fundamentalists flourish here until they strike at the US - like we did in Afghanistan in the 90's. Their blood now vs Our Blood later. Islamic fundamentalism needs to be opposed, it is a threat to the US. And you are being short sighted if you dont realize this is a long game. Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom. |
| Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 2018-12-22 12:10 |
| #3 How many thousand US troops are needed to rectify this? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-12-22 10:33 |
| #2 Why is this important? Because there are allegedly gold reserves in the area. And the New Guinea population in the area is either tribal or Catholic, and Indonesia is Muslim. You do the math. |
| Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 2018-12-22 09:04 |
| #1 UN to the white courtesy phone. RoP needs your spin doctors. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-12-22 08:09 |