We'll need a lot of luck to beat the odds in East Timor

Hugh White

We'll need a lot of luck to beat the odds in East Timor

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LAST week we sent the Australian Defence Forces to East Timor to help the Government in Dili, but now we seem to be trying to replace that Government instead. In the process we have ended up taking responsibility for the security of 800,000 East Timorese. This was not what our Government intended, and we may live to regret it. We have accepted a big job, and it is not clear that we can either manage it ourselves, or shift it onto others.

Original language	English
Pages	2pp
No.	May 30, 2006
Specialist publication	The Sydney Morning Herald
Publication status	Published - 2006

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We'll need a lot of luck to beat the odds in East Timor

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