Once More With Feeling

[Max Sawicky]

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Indeed.  Opposing a military invasion is not the same as
"anti-interventionism" or "isolationism," however.  (Let us avoid using
euphemisms such as military intervention and peace-keeping.)  Leftists
should intervene and focus on pressuring Washington, London, Tokyo, etc. to
stop all aids to Indonesia immediately.  And if you can't accomplish that
much, what's the hope of leftists shaping the direction of a military
invasion as you imagine?  Nil.  Stoping aids will be good for the East
Timorese and may be good for the Indonesian Left as well (the latter does
exist, which makes the situation different from Iraq and Yugoslavia, where
left oppositions have hardly existed).
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True enough that if you can't stop aid, you can't
instigate peace-keeping.  However, if you did stop
aid, you might still need peace-keeping.  An aid
cut-off is the logical first step, though in view
of the uncertainty of its effect, and the situation
on the ground, I would also support immediate
intervention, invasion, or whatever you want to
call it by UN troops, or failing that, the US
and/or OZ.

mbs