#_ #__ 60 years ago Bloody regime change in Indonesia In the fall of 1965, one of the bloodiest persecutions of left-wing forces began in Indonesia, claiming well over a million lives according to various reports. While France and the US attempted to use military force to stop the anti-colonial movements in Indochina, Indonesia succeeded in declaring its independence in August 1945 after the end of the Japanese occupation. Although the former colonial power, the Netherlands, attempted to -restore- its rule with police actions until 1949, its military power was too weak and, moreover, the Netherlands received no support from the US, which hoped to come to terms with the existing power. And so President Sukarno succeeded in leading the country on a path that actually led to a certain degree of i......