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And he praised Rodrigo Duterte, the brutal president of the Philippines, for an “unbelievable job on the drug problem”—explicitly supporting the alleged extrajudicial killings of over 7,000 people, a... 0.850

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Simplified: Trump praised Duterte for his work on the drug problem, supporting the killings.

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4 months ago
Trump has expressed admiration for authoritarian leaders such as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Turkish President Recep... 0.900

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Simplified: Trump has expressed admiration for authoritarian leaders like el-Sisi, Kim Jong Un, Putin, and Erdogan.

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4 months ago
In a momentous visit to Jakarta in 2010, he made only an oblique reference to “violence and killing,” which “was largely unknown to [him] because it was unspoken by [his] Indonesian family and friends... 0.950

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Simplified: During a 2010 visit to Jakarta, Obama made a subtle reference to violence.

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Although Beijing briefly declassified some Foreign Ministry papers from this period in 2008, authorities reclassified the bulk of that material in 2013. 0.900

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Simplified: China briefly declassified and then reclassified Foreign Ministry papers from this period.

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4 months ago
In 2017, under pressure from historians, activists, and Tom Udall, a Democratic senator from New Mexico, the government finally released 30,000 pages of records from the U.S. embassy in Jakarta from 1... 0.950

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Simplified: In 2017, the US released 30,000 pages of Jakarta embassy records from 1964-1968 after pressure.

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Soon after, the Australian prime minister, Harold Holt, cruelly joked to a New York audience, “With 500,000 to one million Communist sympathizers knocked off, I think it is safe to assume a reorientat... 0.900

👤 Harold Holt

Simplified: Australian PM Harold Holt joked about the deaths of communist sympathizers in Indonesia.

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And after Suharto seized power, in March 1966, the United States and the United Kingdom gave him ample aid, including military support. 0.950

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Simplified: After Suharto took power in March 1966, the US and UK gave him aid.

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After 1958, when the Soviets extended massive military aid to Indonesia, U.S. officials began funneling smaller amounts of support to the Indonesian army, which the Joint Chiefs of Staff described as... 0.900

👤 US Joint Chiefs of Staff

Simplified: After 1958, the US began aiding the Indonesian army due to Soviet aid, seeing them as the only force against the PKI.

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In November 1965, the U.S. deputy chief of mission in Jakarta told a senior Indonesian army officer that the Johnson administration was “generally sympathetic with and admiring of what [the] Army [is]... 0.950

👤 U.S. deputy chief of mission in Jakarta

Simplified: In Nov 1965, US official in Jakarta expressed support for the Indonesian army.

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4 months ago
Even as the atrocities worsened, the Johnson administration offered no criticism. 0.950

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Simplified: The Johnson administration did not criticize the Indonesian atrocities.

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4 months ago
In April 1965, the U.S. ambassador in Jakarta wrote to Johnson that Washington should give the army and other anti-Sukarno forces “the most favorable conditions for confrontation” 0.900

👤 U.S. ambassador in Jakarta

Simplified: In April 1965, the US ambassador to Jakarta advised Johnson to support the Indonesian army.

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But the Indonesian army was not the only responsible party. The Killing Season also harshly condemns Western powers: Robinson argues that in Indonesia, “the United States and its allies aided and abet... 0.850

👤 Robinson

Simplified: Robinson argues Western powers aided crimes against humanity, possibly genocide, in Indonesia.

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4 months ago
Drawing on Indonesian primary sources, he catalogs the brutality in haunting and gruesome detail and breaks down 50 years of official whitewash to reveal the army’s central role in the massacres. 0.950

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Simplified: Robinson used Indonesian sources to detail army's role in massacres, countering 50 years of cover-up.

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Robinson conservatively estimates that by the time the military assault ended, just over six months later, as many as half a million people had been killed. 0.900

👤 Robinson

Simplified: Robinson estimates about 500,000 people were killed in the Indonesian military assault.

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The carnage began on October 1, 1965, when a group of junior Indonesian army officers killed six generals. 0.980

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Simplified: On October 1, 1965, junior Indonesian army officers killed six generals.

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4 months ago
The PKI was the third-largest communist party in the world, behind only those ruling China and the Soviet Union. 0.950

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Simplified: The PKI was the world's third-largest communist party.

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They arrived in 1967, shortly after what the adult Obama would describe as “a massive purge of communists and their sympathizers,” when “between 500,000 and one million people were slaughtered.” 0.900

👤 Barack Obama

Simplified: They arrived in 1967, shortly after a purge where Obama said between 500,000 and 1 million people were killed.

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When the future U.S. president was six years old, he moved to Jakarta with his mother, who had married an Indonesian man. 0.950

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Simplified: A future US president moved to Jakarta at age 6 with his mother after she married an Indonesian man.

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4 months ago
In his new book about the Indonesian massacres of the late 1960s, Geoffrey Robinson has written a scathing and persuasive indictment of the Indonesian military and the foreign powers that were complic... 0.900

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Simplified: Geoffrey Robinson wrote a book about the Indonesian massacres of the late 1960s criticizing the Indonesian military and foreign powers involved.

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dateModified":"2025-09-12T19:32:54Z" 1.000

Simplified: Date Modified is 2025-09-12.

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