THAT the bloody conflict in Aceh has continued unabated since 1976 and that not a single government in Jakarta has been able to find a way out is ample evidence of how intractable the Aceh problem is. Five presidents have entered and exited the State Palace in Jakarta and one regime after another has come and gone, yet not a single formula proposed to end the bloodshed in Indonesia's westernmost province has worked. The stark reality is that