Clean and real democracy

Clean and real democracy

I would like to contribute my thoughts -- how dare Australia
take all the credit concerning East Timor.

I wonder how the Australian government (John Howard) can give
all the credit to its armed forces for the freedom of East Timor,
by saying, "it's because of Australian military personnel inside
the United Nations forces securing East Timor that they have
their freedom."

Why couldn't they appreciate the new Indonesian government
(Abdurrahman Wahid) or at least give it some credit? Because we
know that it was the new Indonesian government which withdrew
from East Timor, acknowledging the mistake that it had made in
the past by integrating the place, and because Indonesia, having
a reform spirit, is to create a new, clean and real democracy.

ARINDAM C.

Jakarta