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