Indonesia sits very pretty between USA's interests against China, look at the Malacca Strait and check USA's plans for containment of China in case of a war.
> Do you really think the US is incapable of asserting economic or policy pressure over some random third world country? These countries' economic health is practically completely at our whims. Look at Cuba.
It's quite aggravating you have to resort to a neoimperialist rhetoric, hope you don't feel too bad when other nations start hating your country.
The USA probably needs Indonesia much more than Indonesia needs the US, if you start pushing countries around don't act surprise when they switch allegiance.
Sorry, I really don't care about being "neoimperialist." I'm sure that's a bad word to you but I'm all about protecting US interests abroad and asserting global dominance and power. You'll find that at least half the country agrees with me.
Indonesia wields zero power over the US, it's patently absurd that you think the US depends on them. The US could, however, easily economically cripple Indonesia.
> Do you really think the US is incapable of asserting economic or policy pressure over some random third world country? These countries' economic health is practically completely at our whims. Look at Cuba.
It's quite aggravating you have to resort to a neoimperialist rhetoric, hope you don't feel too bad when other nations start hating your country.
The USA probably needs Indonesia much more than Indonesia needs the US, if you start pushing countries around don't act surprise when they switch allegiance.