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It is interesting that, working through the International Monetary Fund, international pressure (along with several billion dollars in cash) can be brought to bear upon Indonesia to enact economic reforms while East Timor continues to languish.
Suharto and Company’s brutal occupation is now at 20 years and counting. Have we failed to even consider applying our newfound leverage to benefit those whose immediate concerns do not revolve around debt defaults and currency devaluations? Of course, it is not leverage at all but resolve–something we always find ourselves capable of when there is money at stake.
