IF the people of East Timor truly achieved their independence and became a sovereign state they would then own the mineral and oil rights of the country.
This would be very bad news indeed for those who have financed Indonesia and now virtually own it as a colony.
Better by far for the financial dictatorship to exterminate the population of East Timor than to allow them to have dominion over their own riches.
But why should we care, Indonesia is an awful long way away?
We should care very much, because that self same financial dictatorship has dominion over us, and we would not enjoy being scheduled for extermination.
Dr Edward C Hamlyn
Ivybridge
Devon
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