Re: [Marxism] Was "coup leader" victim of a set-up in East Timor?

["Tom O'Lincoln" <suarsos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Walter quotes me (from Feb):

>>Ramos Horta may or may not recover enough to resume governing.
Reinado is gone, but his cult following among sections of the
population west of Dili is enhanced, at least for now. The rebels are
still at large, and the Australians have taken a huge hit to their
prestige by allowing this all to happen under their noses.<<

He then comments:

>Well, it seems he's recovered enough to resume governing, and
has gone to Cuba for medical treatment. China, Japan and India
are all a lot closer. The United States probably has higher tech
facilities which would cost his country a lot more money to get.
This isn't what your typical reactionary murdering dictator does,
if that is what you're suggesting Ramos Horta might now be, and
all the less so as dictators with a weak base don't often leave
their country if they're not sure they can come back and keep on
dictating.<

Where did I imply he is a dictator? Let alone a "murdering dictator"? On the 
contrary, he won an election. The trouble with Ramos Horta is his alignment 
with imperialism.

As for his being pro-Cuban, well as I recall his Fretilin opponents brought 
Cuban doctors to the country. Frankly I'd say all sides are pro-Cuban to 
some degree, in superficial ways perhaps.

I'm glad he's recovering. When I wrote that he was in a very serious 
condition. 



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