Indonesian government asks troops to leave

[Ghetto]

Did you guys read the whole article? Or check any of the links? It was nothing to be upset about. The Indonesians are hoping to no longer need disaster relief by the end of March. That's it. Finis. There is no insult, and no America-hating. Maybe some bad translation or poor choice of words on the press release to say "deadline" rather than "target date".

Although from reading the linked article about the orphans, I can see how the Indonesians might be keen to get western troops and aid workers out. At least one American Christian aid group (World Help) is hoping to use the disaster-relief efforts as an oportunity to convert orphaned muslim children. That's got to upset some people over there. I know that similar moves by churches to christianise native children in Canada have caused some lasting cultural scars.

"First and foremost, our intention is not to evangelize but to show the love of Jesus Christ through our acts of compassion," Brewer said. "We are not using this open window of disaster to move in and set up a beachhead for evangelism. That's not the spirit of what we're trying to accomplish. . . . We just want to show the genuineness of our faith. We have no ulterior motive here."

They are moving homless children out of a country to a place that will care for them. IMO a christian home is better than none at all.

[Alpha]

ok Alpha

Why do we even bother to help them..... they don't know how to show appreciation.

If they dont want our help, then we dont give it to them. I'm sur eprivate companies will still be donating money.

Anyone know how much in damage it caused, and how much has been donated?

[GT]

I think they have some sort of nuclear,

Iserali's went and blew up a nuke reactor that was being built, and completed, in the '80's. If they hadnt done that Iraq was only a step away from attaining the fuel, which wouldnt have been hard given all the jobless russian scientests after the fall of communism. Lots of missing nasty stuff out there, and there is always a willing buyer.

[BlackWeenie]

ANd on those terms... Bush is not an idiot. People might make fun of him for "making up words" or being a bad speaker, but have you seen any of his debated from when he was running for governer? HE's a great debater. and a powerful speaker. What I tihnk is its a strategy he uses. He kinda dumbs things down a bit, to put it simply. Ever et embarrassed or frusterated becuase you don't udnerstand what someone said?

bottom line is, it doesnt matter how smart/dumb any president is/will be, theyre more often than not the ones calling the shots, their advisors are mainly the ones making important decisions, and he has speechwriters who type out all his ****. the only reason why people think hes dumb is because he misspells (sp? <-irony) words that he hasnt written and likely hasnt even ever seen before. and as far as powerful speaker goes, thats debateable. most people accredited kerry with an outstanding victory during the presidential debates.

WE're at war. Bush is a great military leader. People say that he is war hungry, but hell, we got attacked in september 11th, there were Anthrax attacks, there were numerous threats made to the United States. Do you expect our Commander in Chief to sit down, think aut it, and send flowers? No, find the bad guys, and blow them to hell.

i like the facist attitude .

If you can do a better job, run for president.

WE're doign the right thing in Iraq. Period. People who say otherwise are victim to the liberal Bised media, and that overweight hick's propeganda.

im legally not allowed to run for prez. and regarding the "liberal biased media/everyone who disagrees with me is wrong" that is your opinion, whether its right or wrong, dont tell people what to think, this isnt the ****in USSR

[t33kyboy]

ooo canadian told you alpha!!!!

[maglover728]

We should withhold all aid like this until some obscure little country comes up and offers to help people in the south east corner of the US after they are displaced by a season of hurricanes. Once we see that others care about us, than it will be ok once again to care about, police, support, stabilize, heal, rebuild, advise, etc. the rest of the world again!