Aceh military operation<\/p>\n
What have we achieved from the one-month-old integrated
\noperation in Aceh? Evaluating the operation, Indonesian Military
\n(TNI) chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto said last Thursday that as
\nregards the quantitative achievements, the body count and the
\noccupation of (former) strongholds of the Free Aceh Movement
\n(GAM) could be used as the indicators of success or failure.<\/p>\n
Let's go back to the Vietnam war in 1975 when more than 5
\nmillion Vietnamese, many guerrillas, were killed. To distinguish
\nguerrillas from civilians, the U.S. Army established hundreds of
\nstrategic hamlets. However, all the killing and strategic hamlets
\nfailed dismally.<\/p>\n
It is interesting to review the qualitative achievements
\nclaimed by Gen. Endriartono, who said that the Acehnese
\n(civilians) now had the courage to resist GAM and help the
\nmilitary by providing information about GAM members' whereabouts.<\/p>\n
Now that these qualitative achievements have been gained, why
\nis it necessary to prolong the military operation?<\/p>\n
--Koran Tempo, Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/aceh-military-operation-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }