I don't disagree with you. However, when first world countries are mired in their own corruption, engage in injustice themselves, and ignore other first world countries' illegal practices, it essentially legitimizes the corruption you're pointing out in your own country.
http://shanghaiist.com/2016/03/22/indon ... ishing.phpI don't see first world countries taking a hard line against China's piracy or Saudi Arabia's export of terrorist ideology around the world. So why would third world tyrants question their own corruption or attempt to reform? When the example of the rule of law in first world countries is as tawdry as it is today, is it any wonder it is so difficult to bring about reforms in smaller countries? Corruption is the status quo.
The US hasn't exactly been good for the people in your part of the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia ... East_Timor--snip--
A year earlier, in December 1974, United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had been asked by an Indonesian government representative whether or not the US would approve the invasion.[68] In March 1975, US Ambassador to Indonesia David Newsom, recommended a "policy of silence" on the issue and was supported by Kissinger.[69] On 8 October 1975, a member of the United States National Security Council, Philip Habib, told meeting participants that "It looks like the Indonesians have begun the attack on Timor." Kissinger's response to Habib was, "I'm assuming you're really going to keep your mouth shut on this subject."[70]
On the day before the invasion, US President Gerald R. Ford and Kissinger met with Indonesian president Suharto. The United States had suffered a devastating setback in Vietnam, leaving Indonesia as the most important ally in the region. The US national interest "had to be on the side of Indonesia," Ford concluded.[71] According to declassified documents released by the National Security Archive (NSA) in December 2001, they gave a green light for the invasion. In response to Suharto saying, "We want your understanding if it was deemed necessary to take rapid or drastic action [in East Timor]," Ford replied, "We will understand and not press you on the issue. We understand the problem and the intentions you have." Kissinger agreed, although he had fears that the use of US-made arms in the invasion would be exposed to public scrutiny, talking of their[who?] desire to "influence the reaction in America" so that "there would be less chance of people talking in an unauthorised way."[72] The US also hoped the invasion would be relatively swift and not involve protracted resistance. "It is important that whatever you do succeeds quickly," Kissinger said to Suharto.[73]
The US also played a crucial role in supplying weapons to Indonesia.[71] A week after the invasion of East Timor the National Security Council prepared a detailed analysis of the Indonesian military units involved and the US equipment they used. The analysis revealed that virtually all of the military equipment used in the invasion was US supplied: US-supplied destroyer escorts shelled East Timor as the attack unfolded; Indonesian marines disembarked from US-supplied landing craft; US-supplied C-47 and C-130 aircraft dropped Indonesian paratroops and strafed Dili with .50 calibre machine guns; while the 17th and 18th Airborne brigades which led the assault on the Timorese capital were "totally U.S. MAP supported," and their jump masters US trained.[74] While the US government claimed to have suspended military assistance from December 1975 to June 1976, military aid was actually above what the US Department of State proposed and the US Congress continued to increase it, nearly doubling it.[73] The US also made four new offers of arms, including supplies and parts for 16 OV-10 Broncos,[73] which, according to Cornell University Professor Benedict Anderson, are "specially designed for counter-insurgency actions against adversaries without effective anti-aircraft weapons and wholly useless for defending Indonesia against a foreign enemy." The policy continued under the Carter administration. In total, the United States furnished over $250,000,000 of military assistance to Indonesia between 1975 and 1979.[75]
Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 11:25 pm