Lesson from past defeats

Lesson from past defeats

From Media Indonesia

Indonesia has lost three parts of its territory -- East Timor,
and the islands of Sipadan and Ligitan -- and now the Ambalat
offshore oil and gas block is being claimed by Malaysia thereby
posing a big problem to our unitary state.

If the government yields to other countries, more islands will
later be claimed. Has Indonesia's position as the most corrupt
nation made it feel inferior and thus regarded with contempt?

As a big nation, Indonesia must make all-out attempts to guard
the Ambalat block against any threat. The majority of our people
are prepared to defend the territorial waters.

Indonesia's first president Sukarno once firmly declared that
the nation was against acts of humiliation by any country.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should follow in the footsteps
of Sukarno.

BACHRUDIN
Jakarta