You don't need to hug Indonesians to death. But the US does need to be more even-handed in its dealings in the Middle East, and more sophisticated in its dealings with the Muslim world.
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We do not want to provoke a frontal confrontation between the students and the military because if that happens, the whole society loses because it would only lead to more anarchical violence.
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I do not think that the U.N. is really perceived to be taking sides in toto, but there have been complaints that certain personnel in the U.N. seem to favor, for example, the pro-independence groups.
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