This is rather revisionist history to be honest. While it's true the US didn't put many boots on the grounds, the USS Belleau Woods was just off the coast of East Timor during the Australian landing operations, with the clear understanding that its force of US Marines would be available to provide assistance if the Australian Army encountered strong resistance. The US did not want to damage its relationship with Indonesia if it could avoid it, so did not want to go in unless necessary - but would have done so if it had been. And nobody can say for certain if their presence wasn't part of the reason it didn't happen, because the Indonesians didn't oppose the landings. Maybe they would have if they'd thought they could get away with it.
Indonesia is not a friend of the United States.
The world’s largest predominantly muslim country.
What could possibly go wrong?
It wasn’t true in the 1960s, but Australia probably realizes that they can’t count on the U.S. as long as Obama and his Commie-Muslim pals are in the driver’s seat.
Hopefully that will change, although it must be said that it’s far from clear that the situation will change in the next election.
Meantime, the Ozzies had better look out for themselves, I’m afraid.
Eventually Australia and the rest of Asia will have to arrive at a reasonable working consensus with China, the Middle Kingdom. The US has limited power to intervene. For the past sixty years American entanglement whether in the Far East or the Mideast has been costly, has done little to enhance American security and has created bitter long term resentments. The time has come for a widespread reassessment of America’s broad involvement everywhere. The United States really only influences foreigners by its example and accomplishments. It cannot change people, beliefs and cultures at the point of a bayonet or by force.
Good luck dealing with Indonesia. Very corrupt country. Then again. Might be a perfect fit for the DC Cartel.
I surely hope this is not so. I cannot think of a better ally, a country more in line with the US people than Australia. Indonesia follows more of the east Asia worldview which incorporates “face saving” and the idea that pronouncement of a policy means that the policy actually works, i.e. the eradication of malaria in Papua by 2020. (I do not know what disease I’ll get from that gosh darn mosquito in 2021, but it sure won’t be malaria because the government “eliminated” malaria the previous year.) Australia has been allied with US since before WWI (I cannot think of any history of alliance prior) and we should not realign ourselves now.
Indonesia, with US 'support' mopped up the commies in the 60's. Indonesia is corrupt, but they respect the US and, overall the people there are very friendly to the US. Like any country, there will be pockets of hate and skid polls.