General Shares ‘Feelings’ of Love for E. Timor
After two weeks of chaos and terror in East Timor, Indonesia’s powerful military boss sang “Feelings” on Sunday to show why he can’t walk away from the independence-minded territory.
To cheers from retired military officers at a party, Defense Minister Gen. Wiranto dedicated the song to foreign journalists: “I hope you have the same feelings, like me, for East Timor.”
His eyebrows arched in restrained emotion, Wiranto held the microphone in both hands, stood stiffly in a yellow batik shirt and crooned as a band played the 1975 hit:
“Feelings, nothing more than feelings, trying to forget my feelings of love.
“Teardrops, rolling down on my face, trying to forget my feelings of love. Feelings, for all my life I’ll feel it . . .”
He hit all the high notes.
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