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ndonesia should feel proud, honored and grateful. Indonesia should be able to benefit and take full advantage of it. Stop being so hypocritical and ambivalent. And please, no more stupid rallies.

Komang Saputra W.K.
Jakarta

The spirit of Secretary Clinton's visit and her remarks are just how so many of us Americans have felt all our lives. We have always valued and respected you. It's just that we haven't had the best leadership here for a while.

Most of us are very world-conscious and very, very interested in your nation's well-being. Thank you so much for embracing Secretary Clinton, and I look forward to better friendship with Indonesia and so many wonderful nations of our diverse world. I can't wait.

Libby
Jakarta

We too are honored to be welcomed in the world. America voted for change, but we need all the help we can get. The people who voted for change need you the most, because not all of us voted that way. We need help proving that conflicts can be solved through leadership and open communication. We are out on a limb, and can't do this alone.

We are a global community, we are finally at a point in time where we can come together and start to make conscious decisions about our future. We should start with peace. Let's start to move away from viewing the world in terms of allies and enemies, and start looking at each other as friends.

I read a headline earlier today that said, "Indonesian peace builder, please stand up." I had to send an email to say "thank you", because when I voted for change, this was the kind of change I was hoping for.

James Hovland
Washington

Welcome to Indonesia, Secretary of State Clinton. God bless the US and Indonesia.

Helena van der Winden
Jakarta

We Muslims are to shed love and never to shed blood, unless you draw first. We do not hate our fellow brothers and sisters no matter who they are or where they are. As long as we are human, we should coexist peacefully over this tiny, beautiful, dying planet.

Haryo W. Mujiwarno
Karanganyar, Central Java

It is hoped that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will raise the human rights situation in West Papua with President Yudhoyono. Although it's true that Indonesia has made great progress toward democracy in recent years, unfortunately this has not translated into an improvement in the human rights situation in West Papua. Until Jakarta stops jailing West Papuans for merely raising a flag, Indonesia cannot claim to be a true democracy.

Joe Collins
Sydney, Australia

I would be shocked if President Obama does not visit Indonesia. I am very sure that he will. Here in America and in many places in the world we are used to politicians saying one thing and doing another. But even being in office for only one month he has done so much that he has promised. I have no doubt that he will continue to fulfill his promises, including a visit to Indonesia.

Bill Hails
Washington

The Jakarta Post's cartoon still asks if Hillary Clinton's visit signals a change (Feb. 18). Of course there's a change - Asia is back in fame. Maybe Indonesian journalists and commentators need to change too. Stop thinking of Indonesia as just a "Muslim nation" and start to take Indonesia as an Asian nation, just like Japan, Korea and China.