Quote Originally Posted by Van View Post
I'm fairly disappointed that noone has mentioned the language of the fourth most populous country in the world, with the largest Muslim population. Astride a critical maritime line of communication, in possesion of significant oil reserves, (not to mention a source of truly critical resources: coffee and chocolate), Indonesia is a place the U.S. needs to concern itself with, so Bahasa (the Indonesian language) deserves a place on the list.
Indonesia is interesting to Australia, maybe New Zealand and a tiny bit the UK.
Other 'Western' countries do not need to be interested in Indonesia.

It's at the other end of the world. Globalization or not - invasion over thousands of miles is no form of defence.