Crisis in Indonesia

Crisis in Indonesia

The United States government is directly responsible for the
economic catastrophe and currency chaos that is presently
afflicting Indonesia.

President Bill Clinton has more pro-Israel people in his
cabinet than any other American president in history. This should
come as no surprise, since many members of his cabinet are Jewish
-- Secretary of Defense William Cohen and Secretary of State
Madeline Albright, just to name a couple. Israel's treatment of
Palestine blatantly demonstrates that Jews hate Moslems. Since
Indonesia is 87 percent Moslem, it has been targeted by the dark
forces in Washington, New York and Israel that manipulate the
world's economy for special punishment. That's why the crisis in
Indonesia has been worse than anywhere else around the Pacific
Rim. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which continues to
try to inflict injustice on Indonesia through conditions attached
to their loans, is, of course, a mere puppet of the
aforementioned dark forces.

However, the United States government may have been very short
sighted in creating this terror and horror in Indonesia. Perhaps
they have started a chain reaction that will come back to haunt
them. You reap what you sow and it could be that history is about
to repeat itself.

In 1919 the German Mark was trading for four marks to one U.S.
dollar. By 1923 the rate had fallen to four trillion Marks per
dollar. In early 1929 the Wall Street stock market set record
highs, but in October of that same year it crashed, bringing on
the Great Depression in America.

With the current crisis in Indonesia and the New York stock
exchange once again hitting record highs, all the factors are in
place for a repeat of what happened sixty years ago. In today's
age of instant communication, though, it won't take six years for
the Pacific Rim fiasco to reach America. Maybe two at the most.

It could be, though, that the Indonesian government and people
have brought the present situation on themselves.

The Lonely Planet Travel Guide Book for Indonesia states that
Indonesians treat foreigners like "a bank account they can make
withdrawals from." I have personal knowledge that, for the most
part, this is true. In America it is said: "What goes around
comes around." In Asia this is called Karma. Is this what is
happening in Indonesia now?

JACK WEST

Jakarta