Foreign aid and motives

Foreign aid and motives

I am really concerned about what happened in Aceh. First of
all, I am really sad about the tragedy and I hope God blesses
those who are missing and the families who are left behind.

Here in Europe and the other parts of the world people are
collecting money for Asia and the province of Aceh. We have to be
aware about all those people who are coming to Aceh, because it
seems that all the army personnel deployed have another purpose
in Aceh. We should not allow any of them to give guns to the
separatists in Aceh (GAM).

We should be aware that it's possible that Australia helped
East Timor to gain independence so that they could steal the gas
in the East Timor sea. Now they have come to Aceh to rebuild the
area. Where are our people? Can`t we build a water system or
sanitation facilities or hospital ourselves? And where are those
technicians from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)?
Wouldn't it be a major project for the National Institute of
Sciences (LIPI)?

We need to save the children and put them into school as soon
as possible. Without our assistance this humanitarian work will
not be easy. Here in Europe we are watching live broadcasts on TV
every 10 minutes to know exactly what is going to happen. This
disaster will be a great challenge for our Indonesian scholars
and government.

JHONY SYAPUTRA, Copenhagen