Error in 1990 (r)

[smsandy@xxxxxx]

" Indonesian generals have tried for nearly 10 years to teach the
Myanmar generals how to camouflage a military dictatorship by
the better sounding word  'democracy'.  During many rounds of
golf in Djakarta and Yangon they had coached the Myanmar
generals the secrets of holding on to power while receiving billions
of UN development. In a nutshell: how to 'play democracy'. To no
avail, as we know. The Myanmar generals preferred a more direct,
a more  'Burmese way' to keep the population powerless.

Now the Myanmar generals have a chance to become the teachers
of their Indonesian fellow generals. The lesson is called:   how to
annihilate the result of a democratic election. And the neighbours,
like Thailand: demand "Don't interfere, show  true ASEAN values".
(Minister Surin)

It is time for the ridiculed UN to wake up and stop all development aid
until general Wiranto and his cohorts make a pledge that the military in

the future stay where their place is: in the barracks.. The military
could
have stopped  the killing in East Timor. They could have protected the
honour of their  government, but they deliberately decided against it,
because the power is theirs and because they think they can turn history

back and keep East Timor by force.

The Myanmar generals committed the same error in 1990 ; they thought
they could win the elections, but the same 75%  of the population
thought
otherwise, like in East Timor. Both have no chance as history will tell"