I was in Indonesia earlier this year too. Two (of the very many) things that stuck out: First, a muslim man there told me that the US should send troops to close down the Laskar Jihad training camps. He was quite pissed off at LJ--and didn't expect I's military to do anything. Second, in Jakarta I saw several people wearing t-shirts of the American flag. No one paid any greater attention to them than to the people wearing Nike t-shirts. The general sense I got was that Indonesians are really excited about having coming out from under Suharto. They don't want some stupid freaks--who don't drink!--to ruin it. They're scared of just that though.
