Re: Fwd (GLW): Did the East Timor intervention kill off `Vietnam syndrome'?

["Alan Bradley" <alanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Gorojovsky" <Gorojovsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> a) had ever existed an East Timorese struggle if in 1945 a part of what
> was to be Indonesia had not been under the heel of the Portuguese
> semi-Fascist dictatorship?

Probably not.  But it was.

Actually, if the Indonesian state hadn't been such a bunch of gorillas,
there might not have been an East Timorese struggle either.  But they were.

> b) are the Indonesian claims and the Australian army equivalent?

No.  Neither are oranges and apples.

In the end, there is only one legitimate claim to sovereignty in East
Timor, and that is that of the East Timorese themselves.  To establish that
claim, all necessary means are permissible.

It is *essential* for Australian leftists to unconditionally support the
national liberation and democratic struggles happening in Australian
capital's self-proclaimed sphere of influence.

Nestor, if any Australian leftist held your position, they would be scabs
and *genuine* social patriots.

Alan Bradley
alanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx