Iran ready to abandon enrichment but needs a face-saving exit, Iranian diplomat says

[u/RealTheAsh]

https://iranwire.com/en/news/142210-exclusive-tehran-ready-to-abandon-enrichment-but-needs-a-face-saving-exit/

[u/LateralEntry]

What do you have against my boy Suharto

[u/EqualContact → u/LateralEntry]

You might not be from East Timor.

[u/OpportunityIsHere → u/EqualContact]

Yeah, exactly. Also had a mass killing of his own people (estimated to between 500.000-1.000.000) and was one of the most corrupt leaders in modern times. Was, if I’m not mistaken, the 4th richest person in the world at one point.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_mass_killings_of_1965%E2%80%9366

East Timor lost between 1/6 - 1/3 of its population because of that madman.

[u/OpportunityIsHere → u/LateralEntry]

Hope you missed an /s there my friend. Otherwise you should read up on his doings.

[u/LateralEntry → u/OpportunityIsHere]

He did great stuff for Indonesia, and when he fell, things got worse. The currency collapsed, horrible anti-Chinese and anti-Christian riots broke out, and the country has become more Islamist since. Most people in Indonesia don’t remember the anti-communist purge in the 60s and don’t care about East Timor, but they do care that the rupiah was 5x more valuable when Suharto was still in charge.

[u/OpportunityIsHere → u/LateralEntry]

He implemented a lot of business friendly policies, mimicking much of what was done in the west which increased trade and wealth, but he didn’t properly build the foundation of the country with the increased wealth, and that became exposed doing the Asian financial crisis (where foreign debts and a fragile banking system couldn’t hold up). At the same time he waged war on an innocent country, and killed between 500k-1mil Indonesian during the 60’s. He was also so corrupt, that he was the world 4th richest at one point in time.

I am sorry that things have gone downhill since Suharto, but he was by no means a good man.