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2006-12-19 Southeast Asia

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Posted by Fred 2006-12-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Gee, that's too bad. And that's all they will get from Me.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-12-19 00:39|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-12-19 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Someone just doesn't like these folks. I wonder why. All I'll give them is the finger.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-19 01:54|| 2006-12-19 01:54|| Front Page Top

#3 I was the only one at the Library to feel the quakin' and tremorin'.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-12-19 02:05|| 2006-12-19 02:05|| Front Page Top

#4 It might be helpful to point out that this quake is reported as having taken place in Sibolga, Sumatra, which is a good bit south of Aceh, has a lot of Christians in its population and is very close to the nearly 100% Lutheran island of Nias.

Well, then, why the earthquakes? Well, the Pacific Ring of Fire is a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions encircling the basin of the Pacific Ocean.

For example, the volcano Krakatoa is located on Rakata, an island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, Indonesia. Its eruption in 1883 was one of the most catastrophic ever witnessed in recorded history. It still smokes, sometimes.

The devastation in this region can be horrible, as it was when about 170,000 people died in and around Aceh.

And, the kindness of America in responding to the tsunami disaster (affecting mostly North Sumatra and Aceh) was not lost on the Indonesians, who repeatedly made comments like the following:

We in Indonesia are grateful and touched by the enormity of international response in meeting the needs of the victims and survivors. The continuing support and assistanceof the United States government provided to the people and government of Indonesia are of great importance in order to mitigate and alleviate the sufferings of the victims. We particularly appreciate the crucial role that the United States Armed Forces play in providing helicopters for relief assistance for victims and survivors at the remote and isolated areas

January 2005: Powell, in Indonesia, Vows U.S. Help With Post-Tsunami Recovery

Now the question I keep hearing is: Was all that good old American kindness wasted on a bunch of Aceh islamofascists? Well, I think that the answer to that is that Aceh just elected Irwandi Yusuf to be its governor, and "Irwandi is one of the few open critics of the imposition of Islamic sharia law. Aceh never demanded sharia, he says." Election Acehs first step towards freer future Basically, as the story goes, the Acehnese now just want to see the economic benefits of peace.

Posted by cingold 2006-12-19 03:49|| 2006-12-19 03:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Cingold, you say that Irwandi Yusuf is against sharia. OK, fine, now that he is in a position to do something about it, lets see if he can walk the walk instead of talk the talk. When he has done so, tell him to get back to us.

Posted by tipper 2006-12-19 08:10|| 2006-12-19 08:10|| Front Page Top

#6 So long as Bashir still ~~breathes~~ walks free, Indonesia can suck hind tit.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-19 12:27|| 2006-12-19 12:27|| Front Page Top

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