Fretilin and East Timor’s elected government are Marxist. So what are Australian troops doing supporting a tyranny? Why do our press not constantly remind us that the democratic process has produced a tyrannical government in East Timor! Why do we not see the bodies of the murdered police!
There are two reasons,the first is money,we have yet to finalise how the oil field that lies between our two countries is developed and next,our Left wing media goes to extreme lengths to protect its’ friends,even if their hands are covered in blood.
In what has been called a whiff of a coup (The Australian 19.10.06,P.60) by the President Xanana Gusmao and the new Prime Minister Jose Ramos Horta,who are friends of Australia,got rid of the Marxist Prime Minister Dr. Alkatiri who sacked 600 striking soldiers who were not his supporters.
