Second, don't go making the absurdly vague comment that these "communists" were killed with the "aid" of "western governments." What the flying fcucuk does that even mean? Did the Swiss Prime Minister teach a handgun lesson? Did the phone operator in Athens give someone assistance in making a call to a hitman? You won't say, because you have no clue. You are making an intentionally vague, slanderous claim in the hopes that your moronic audience will read something into it that you never said.
You can't be that "moronic"? Can you?
Since the late 1950s, the CIA had been interested in attempts to thwart Communist political influence in Indonesia. The United States, Britain, and Australia did not like President Sukarno and wanted him out. Sukarno allegiances were too ambiguous for what has happening during the Cold War as he courted both the US, the Soviets, and the Chinese.
In 1955 the CIA plotted to assassinate President Sukarno, despite objections from then Vice President Nixon.
Over the next three years, the CIA attempted to subvert Sukarno by financing his political opponents and bribing other public officials. This happened until 25 September 1957 when President Eisenhower finally ordered the CIA to overthrow the Sukarno government. In 1958, elements of the Indonesian military,
with the support of the CIA, rebelled against the rule of President Sukarno. This attempted coup ended in failure as had many other CIA other throw attempts.
In November 1965, another coup was attempted but also proved unsuccessful. In the same year, the leaning left government of Sukarno was overthrown in a military coup by General Suharto. The new military quickly went after everybody who was apposed to the new regime. Non-violent communist supporters, Indonesian women's movements, trade union moment, intellectuals, teachers, land reform advocates, and the ethnic Chinese were all targeted. Within a year between 500,000-2,500,000 of these people were massacred.
The U.S. were very much involved with providing money, weapons, radios, and supplies to this new government. The U.S. government along with the CIA provided death lists with names of leftist public leaders with the intents to eliminate them. The Untied States wanted the Indonesian army to go after and remove the entire grass roots base of the leftist party.
It is believed that without the US financial support, the massacres would have been non existent or less extreme (as the US had bankrolled the whole process).Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_activities_in_Indonesia#Covert_actions_during_the_1950.27s_and_1960.27s
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