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