"...However, Indonesia’s closer cooperation with China has been followed by an offer of further cooperation from the US.
Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said last week the US had offered additional F-16 fighter jets on top of the 24 the TNI will soon receive on a grant agreed on late last year.
The latest offer from Washington comes amid closer military ties between Jakarta and Beijing.
Last month, Indonesian special forces troops held a joint exercise with their Chinese counterparts in Shandong, and China has offered to train Indonesian air force pilots using a Sukhoi simulator..."
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I think the Indonesian leaders are experts at speaking with forked tongue. They must have a good laugh at how stupid we all are - Foreign Aid, Grants for weapons, training with the Chinese...
The country with the largest Muslim population clearly realises they are in the box seat in so many ways, that Australia, the US, China, Korea and others are lining up and bending over in front of them for some feel good pally pally action...cannot risk rubbing them up the wrong way...
