mulling over some thoughts.

I have been mulling over a few thoughts over the past couple of days and feel it would be cathartic if I posted them here. And before I forget, is the recently signed MOU binding or non-binding?

Firstly, I cannot reconcile to myself how management that is highly qualified could underestimate the time-frames and issues that appear to have been encountered. I also feel that management could be a bit more forthcoming with details as to what is the cause of this on-going delay.
With this in mind, I have decided to consider the more practical problems that management may be encountering in regards to our first drill.

How much influence does the psychology of management play into this underestimation of time need to resolve any issues? Perhaps our management is of the glass half full school of thought? Hence the mentioning the that dreaded word 'imminent' when in reality the phrase 'as soon as is possible' would have been a more suitable choice.
I also remember viewing an image of a representative of our management, in a building with the Regent of Way Kannan. It struck me then that perhaps the Regent was acting as a conduit to the owners or at least those people that he thought were the owners. Did the Regent get that initial introduction wrong? Was the Regent a tad too keen to please others and unintentionally throw us a curve ball?
I also think of the lawyers involved and the language barriers that may exist in the Indonesian world of legalese. there would be the English version and the Indonesian version/s and do the regions of Indonesia have differing dialects etc. So the papers get shuffled around and the clarifications go on and on.
Now to a tricky subject. I remember our management stating that they would not get involved in any corruption etc but does this stance (correct imho) place us at a disadvantage? does our contract remain near the bottom of the pile because of this approach. Remember that there may be two lawyers involved, ours and the landowners.
And what of the landowners themselves? Are they being difficult or just extra cautious? Now, having mulled over these matters I find myself none the wiser. Do any HCers have any recent experience in Indonesia with matters similar to what we are possibly experiencing?
I have no problem with management being cautious and doing DD properly and thoroughly but for the love of god why were any potential issues not dealt with before any drilling time-frames announced?
Sorry, but I do not have anything concrete to add to the discussion but I hope that this post may spark som interesting discussion and who knows someone out there might be able to disagree and tell me why. I'm keen to be proved wrong and given a good explanation as to why I may be off the mark in my thinking. As I said earlier, I'm just mull ing over these thoughts. I have to go now but I look forward to any imminent replies. GLTA.