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The terrorist attacks in the US on 11 September 2001 led several western readers to write to the on-line edition of Inside Indonesia (www.insideindonesia.org). Some were anonymous, and some probably did not realise the magazine is produced in Australia! (Editor)
Don't like what I see Since 11/9/01 there has emerged a new political
will in America - one that has not existed here since World War II. Even average
Americans like myself are evaluating the nations of the world from a completely
different perspective. One important criterium is to reaffirm who are our friends
and who are not our friends. Images of Indonesians carrying signs that say 'Die,
America' will shape the view of Indonesia by many Americans for a long, long
time. You at Inside Indonesia may
want to convey this one-time-only message from an average American to the government
and people there that from now on everything has changed, and at the start of
this new era we don't like what we are seeing in Indonesia.
Nice people American people are not as arrogant as our government
appears on TV. My wife is from the Ungaran/ Semarang area (Central Java). The
Indonesian people are nice people. So are Americans. It's the people in power
on both sides that have been causing all the problems. Many of us also hate
the capitalist and bureaucratic 'monster' that hides behind words like 'justice'
and 'democracy'. The WTC attack should wake us up and examine why our government
is hated so much. Peace to all...
Raging Alqaeda What do the raging demonstrating Moslems want
from America? Your jealousy of America is driving you crazy. Male impotency
exposes itself in the characteristics you display.
USA hypocrisy I cannot recount a situation in recent history
that the Americans have become involved in other than for selfish reasons. Recently
America refused to sign a world wide anti-pollution document, which most countries
signed. The reason they gave was that it would adversely affect employment.
This is total hypocrisy. The average American consumes more resources than anyone
from any other country. Americans must realise that they are not God's chosen
and that other people in the world have (or should have) exactly the same rights
as they expect.
America Number One Most money and most guns. US Secretary of Defence
Donald Rumsfeld is ready to go on a bombing blitz of every country that doesn't
kiss his butt. Jakarta will likely be designated as a 'terrorist harbour' if
you don't stop all those demonstrations.
Tolerance and peace All true Muslims denounce terrorism of any kind,
and share the sorrows of its victims. The word Islam has the same meaning as
'peace'. God invites all people to accept the moral teachings of the Qur'an
as a model whereby mercy, compassion, tolerance, peace, joy, happiness, justice
and security may be experienced in the world.
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