How the U.S. Used Disinformation and the 'Jakarta Method' to Change the World
The article is badly written and edited, and whatever facts presented are either cherry-picked or irrelevant.<p>- Japan, who were occupying Indonesia, as they realized that WW2 was lost, met with Sukarno and Hatta and offered Indonesian independence<p>- then the Dutch, colonizers for 350 years, attempted to re-take Indonesia<p>- the US told the Dutch to get lost after almost 400 years, and Indonesia was able to proclaim independence.<p>So first off, the US is primarily to thank for Indonesia&#x27;s early post-WW2 self-determination.<p>- after WW2, communism was being promoted by both Russia and China world-wide. The US encouraged the Indonesian leaders to avoid that. Part of the problem was ethnic politics and loyalty - Chinese businessmen control finance in SE Asia, and the native Indonesian leaders decided to do something about that under the guise of &quot;communism bad&quot;<p>- the US until today is the primary military supporter of Indonesia, training virtually all of their air force pilots. The C-130 and F-16 are their main aircraft.<p>So when people criticize US involvement in Indonesia, I remind them that the US is their biggest friend, from 1945 until today. In return, the US has never colonized that country in any way.<p>For those who haven&#x27;t visited Indonesia, the country made huge economic strides from 2000 to 2019, and if not for corona, would be doing very well economically. Central Jakarta, the capital, is very nice.<p>Regarding the South American anti-communist actions, that is what it took to prevent it taking root. You can see what the alternative is in Venezuela, a former oil exporter, essentially a destroyed country  because of it.<p>Or closer to home, the burning of our downtowns by Marxists.