Sunday, November 19, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-11-20T132607Z_01_JAK223731_RTRUKOC_0_US-INDONESIA-BUSH.xml&pageNumber=0&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage3
U.S. President George W. Bush showed support for a U.S. ally in the war against Islamic militants on Monday with a visit to Indonesia which generated angry protests in the world's most populous Muslim nation.
During President George W. Bush’s recent visit to Indonesia, he endured an excessive amount of protest. Indonesia is a key ally of the United States in the War on Terror and Bush had to keep that in mind as he visited there on Sunday. President Bush met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia to discuss various pertinent issues as well as receive advice about Iraq. Yudhoyono did not try to say what Bush wanted to hear. He was honest. His advice to Bush was to create a timetable for Iraq sometime in the very near future. I believe President Bush’s silent response to Yudhoyono’s advice did not completely express disappointment (as most of the media has said), but his concern for the right decision to be made in the Iraq situation. Bush has one of the biggest decisions in the world to make. I know I would be concerned about making the right one. However, I believe President Bush should follow the advice of Yudhoyono and create a timetable. It would certainly help calm the dissension of the American people about what to do in Iraq.
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