Wrecks of Dutch warships have disappeared

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Remember that the Indonesian independence movement sided with the Japanese during and immediately after the war. They were not anti west, but neither do they have much allegiance or sympathy to our sensibilities.

They will happily send to the firing squad a white man or a man of chiese descent, even if tht man has a demonstrated rehabilitation going on, but will not lift a finger against the spiritual leader of the Bali bombing ring. This is a soft version of the blowing up of world heritage sites by the Taliban or ISIL . They love to make us uncomfortable.
Of course and with our colonial history with Indonesia, I fully understand that the Dutch are not very popular there. Especially the navy being one of the major instruments to keep the Dutch on top back in the day. Still I hoped for some human decency.
 

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