Always glad to see the US government get the criticism it sorely deserves  The rationale however for giving prominence to US views is that they carry so much bloody weight  When the US state speaks other countries have to listen  This is particularly true for Indonesia which since  has been a veritable satellite of the USA  We could even debate to what extent Indonesia is an independent country given the US military financial and diplomatic supportscontrols  More to the point one reason that Western New Guinea remains a part of Indonesia is because the US state wants it that way  If a Chavezstyle socialist was elected in Indonesia who wanted to nationalize Irians resources you can bet that the US might be more sympathetic to the independence movement  So long as Indonesia allows Freeport McMoRan and others to exploit the resources Western New Guinea is entrusted to Indonesia