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To: Dayuhan who wrote (9263)	9/10/1999 8:22:00 AM
From: Liatris Spicata	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

No, Steven, that is not a stupid question. Quite honestly- and I know this may come as a shock to some- I don't know. There is a range of options, so I was rather put off by your earlier completely un-nuanced way of framing your questions. I didn't think they were genuine questions. This NYT article depicts some of the options the Clinton administration is weighing: nytimes.com This from the article: <<"If Indonesia does not end the violence, it must invite, it must invite the international community to assist in restoring security," the President said at the White House as he prepared to leave for the Asia-Pacific economic summit meeting in New Zealand. But the President did not threaten an immediate cutoff of economic assistance to Indonesia, as some lawmakers and human rights groups had wanted. Nor did he cut off commercial arms sales to Indonesia, which are expected to total about $16 million over the next year. >> I've made clear my position that how governments treat their own citizens is not simply an "internal matter" to be decided upon by that government. Indonesia needs to held- should have been held decades ago- to certain minimal standards of human rights if it is to be accepted into the so-called civilized world. How that translates into specific action at this time is not something I can really judge. I do think some sort of international peacekeeping force- with or without Jakarta's acquiescence- should be an option on the table. And apparently it is. Moreover, while the situations differ a great deal, I rather suspect that thu- er leaders- in Jakarta are not unmindful of the actions NATO took in Yugoslavia this year. If fear of something similar moderates their behavior, so much to the good. Larry