Thursday, April 22, 2010

Pakistan, the United States, and Indonesia


Hopefully everyone knows about the Taliban and Pakistan’s relationship. Like how the Taliban is a terrorist group against Pakistan. But what would you say if Pakistan’s government was beginning to fail and the Taliban was ready to take their nuclear weapons. Then the United States decided to send in troops to protect Pakistan from the Taliban gaining power. The question is how would my country, Indonesia, respond to this?

First of all, Indonesia would support the United States’ decision to send in the troops. The United States is an ally of Indonesia and these two countries trade with each other. This would be the best move for Indonesia to agree with the United States. This would keep the relationship between Indonesia and the United States strong. If Indonesia did not support the United States, then the United States could possibly stop trading with Indonesia because they are not happy with the lack of support. This would hurt the economy in Indonesia so disagreeing with the United States is not a good idea for Indonesia.

For this situation, Indonesia could not do anything different for Pakistan then what other allies of Pakistan and the United States could do. Since Indonesia does not have the greatest economy, they could possibly send in any aid that Pakistan needed or maybe a little bit of money to help Pakistan regain its control, but Indonesia could not do as much for the United States and Pakistan as say Canada could do. If necessary, Indonesia could send in troops to Pakistan like the United States did for the protection of Pakistan and its citizens. I feel that Indonesia would be willing to help these countries out in any way they needed. It would be best for Indonesia to keep its positive relationships with these countries, especially with the United States since they are very powerful.

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