So Hard to be Nice

November 25, 2003

  Desi Anwar*
*The writer is an Indonesian journalist

 

IT was disheartening to note that while this country's leader bent over backwards to welcome the US Presi-dent's recent brief visit to Bali—a transit stop more ben-eficial in promoting his country's foreign policy than providing any significant meaning to Indonesia's interests—such enthusiasm was conspicuously lacking when it came to commemorating the first anniversary o


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