[HomerBohn]

The idea of Indonesia taking over East Timor in and of itself was no more illogical or immoral than India’s takeover of Goa or China’s later takeover of Hong Kong and Macau.

There was, however, the matter of the butchering of over 100,000 Timorese. But, Gerald Ford like all RepublicRATS was an honorable man.

[PotatoHeadMick]

“There was, however, the matter of the butchering of over 100,000 Timorese.”

I think you will find I covered that point with absolute clarity in the remainder of my post.

Indonesia killed those people in what it regarded as part of a war against Marxist guerrillas, despite the fact that most of those killed were innocent civilians.

The US killed many, many hundreds of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of them innocent civilians, in its similar war against SE Asian Marxists at exactly the same time.

Maybe Americans should take the log out of their own eye before castigating Indonesians for the speck in their eyes. Or is it ok when America does it?