No More

No More
Foreigners!

From Warta Kota

When he met Indonesian defense minister Matori Abdul Djalil in
Singapore, U.S. deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz asked the
Indonesian government to allow foreign monitoring agencies in to
Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province.

The Indonesian government must ignore this request because
Indonesia is capable of taking care of its own internal affairs.
The U.S. ignored the entire world in its illegal invasion of Iraq
recently.

Now that the U.S. finds it hard to take care of Iraq's post-
invasion affairs, it is trying to get access to Aceh. If the U.S.
and other countries wish to give donations, they can do so by
sending the money to our capable government agencies instead of
sending aid directly to the Acehnese. There are many examples of
ulterior motives behind what appears to be a charitable act.

Indonesia must not be afraid of any threat that may arise
because of its refusal to meet the U.S. request. Remember that
when our first president, Sukarno, resisted capitalist countries
and established the New Emerging Forces, Indonesia did not
collapse. Then during the Soeharto era, the U.S. put an embargo
on the sale of military equipment to Indonesia. So why should we
be afraid of the U.S.?

Once again, the Indonesian government should simply ignore the
request made by the U.S. and those other foreigners who want to
send their monitors to Aceh. Remember that these countries must
have their own cleverly hidden ulterior motives behind their
seemingly kind gesture.

KAMIL WIJAYA
Tangerang, Banten