Wolfowitz' statement

Wolfowitz' statement

It is hard to distinguish whether the U.S. Deputy Secretary of
Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz' statement is a warning sign for the
Indonesian government or part of the big scenario of the U.S.

As for the Poso case, Wolfowitz has expressed his concern that
the Indonesian Military has been lacking in efforts to protect
the locals, or to create a stable condition to suppress
terrorism.

The Poso and Maluku conflicts cannot suggest involvement of
the al-Qaeda network. Wolfowitz should know that it is the attack
on Muslims that has triggered the conflicts in Poso and Maluku.

The U.S argument to place Indonesia as its target to fight
terrorism is illogical -- unless the terrorism issue is used as a
political tool by the U.S. to overpower countries where Muslims
make up the majority of the population, in the interests of
America's long term politics and ideology.

It is not impossible that this agenda would further lead the
civilized world to suffer great conflicts. It is the
responsibility of all religions, ideologies and nations,
particularly the U.S. as a big country, to make the world stable,
pluralist and free from suspicion. That's the job of civilized
people.

-- Republika, Jakarta