“It also raises questions about the future of Indonesian foreign policy and its long term relationship with traditional allies like America. The Lebanese issue has seen the willingness of many to cleave to the Muslim unity phantom and there is certainly more than a touch of belligerence in the “peacekeeping” idea, often it seems that the real motivation is one of going to war against Israel.”
Nobody knows exactly what the intention really is. But I could not agree with you more on this. I do have sympathy for both countries but we have no business at all there.
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