Wiped out the biggest communist party outside the Soviet Union.
“Wiped out” kinda. Estimates of the killings range from 500K to 1 million (how much those actually represent communists is a mystery) and the PKI had over 3 mil. members. The Left was destroyed as a political movement but it’s not like all those members and their descendants disappeared.
I’m surprised chuds don’t salivate over Suharto like they do Pinochet. Then again, being brown and Muslim might not win him points among them.
Literally doing “made the trains run on time” type fascist apologia. Super cool Wikipedia
An ability to maintain stability over a sprawling and diverse Indonesia
Otherwise known as: killing anyone who goes against you