JosÈ Ramos-Horta: East Timor & Iraq

[Martin Hardie]

You must also know that during the 1990´s JRH maanaged to get the 
Clinton administration to back the Timorese cause. Without that backing 
and the change in the international landscape the necessary pressure was 
brought to bear upon Indonesia to hoold the referendum in the first 
place. Horta won the independence struggle through 25 years of 
diplomaatic activity and he is one of the ebst at playing the game. Also 
Timor has signed an agreement with the US concerning the International 
Criminal Court ...and the oil industry is vital for the future of the 
country.
He at least is in step with the majority of the sovereigns when he says 
let the inspectors do their job.
But he also knows the perils of UN trasnitional administrations....
Martin

Doug Henwood wrote:
> mike larkin wrote:
> 
>> To understand where he's coming from, all you need to
>> know is that he is East Timor's "Minister of Foreign
>> Affairs and Cooperation."  In other words, he's got
>> his hand out to Washington.  Given his country's
>> desperate poverty and history of conflict with
>> Indonesia, I can't say I blame him.
> 
> 
> Didn't the U.S. already get ET to sign on?
> 
> The U.S. ambassador to ET is my old Party of the Right chairman, Grover 
> "Rocky" Rees.
> 
> Doug
>