Originally Posted by remingtonspaz

Well I noticed that this thread is veering far off the lane it's supposed to be, so excuse me, for I will be trying to steer the discussion back to the original topic.

But first, to answer a direct question:


Let me point out again that I currently have no idea why the U.S would invade Indonesia, and my purpose of starting this thread is to hopefully gain knowledge of how the situation above would be possible.

Back on topic,

Concluding from the posts above, should Indonesia find a huge reserve of oil in the future, then have a nationalist leader elected in the 2014 election who expels foreign investors and corporations in favor of nationalization, AND at the same time, purposefully or not, houses people labelled by the U.S as international terrorists, would that be enough reason for the U.S to attack Indonesia?

And a second question, sorry if it's a bit naive: is everything just about oil?

Thanks