使用者:王桁霽/沙盒甲

　　1990年，薩達姆·侯賽因問：既然1975年時，印度尼西亞可以把東帝汶變成它的第27個省，那為什麼他不能把科威特變成伊拉克的第19個省呢？答：冷戰結束了。

—— 西奧多·弗林德《印度尼西亞的命運》

Indonesia used fear of communism to garner varying degrees of support among western countries, including the United States and Australia, for its East Timor invasion and occupation.[206] The invasion and suppression of East Timor's independence movement caused great harm to Indonesia's reputation and international credibility.[8] Criticism from the developing world undermined efforts in the 1980s to secure the Non-Aligned Movement chair which Suharto strongly desired for Indonesia and condemnation of Indonesia continued through the 1990s.[207]