In Reply to: Hear , hear !! posted by Tommie on Sunday, 2. October 2005 at 13:55 Bali Time:
WorldTraveller has been making the most confused posts on the forum.
He claims Indonesia does nothing to try to prevent terrorism, quoting Bashir's light sentence, even though it is evident he is aware that there have been hundreds of arrests (as shown in the SBY quote).
He then talks about the US refusing to hand over Hambali in case Indonesia gives him a light sentence. It was because of their refusal to hand over Hambali that Bashir could not be convicted (if in fact he is even guilty) of the major charges. Hambali is a key witness. And when is the US going to try him, by the way?
While Indonesia has already convicted more than 40 terrorists in the last few years, from the top players to the little guys who did things like store or transport stuff, the US has tried extremely few. They've detained and tortured thousands, but haven't tried very many.
WorldTraveller completely fails to see that everyone outside JI is on the same side. Tourists, the Balinese, Non-Balinese Indonesians, businesses, governments... we all want the same thing. A safe world. It's just that some groups have a funny way of going about it.
Violence begets violence. Friendship, love and solidarity helps to heal and builds stronger communities. A united force against the knob-ends will get better results than a divided one.