the idea can be traced back to my earlier comment
instead of lousy melayun or indon or asean
if Dr M had a nation of 200 million
Arabs
or Persians
or Turks
to lead, he would have probably turned his nation into a superpower in military, technological, scientific, geopolitical, economic and cultural sphere.
failing which, in worst case, he would have ensured the country he led would be a superpower/hyperpower in at least 4, if not all 6, of the above categories
leading a small country of only 16 million melayun natives or other asean natives, filled to the brim with kuffar imported pendatang that were imported by the Brits for their devious policy of "divide and conquer" and that do not belong to Malaya at any rate, he has still delivered the following (incomplete list):
tallest tower in the world at the time KLCC
tallest twin tower in the world - to this day - KLCC
planned city (clean grean neat modern environment friendly etc) - putrajaya
tried to mimic silicon valley in cyberjaya but didn't quite work out
created "national champions" like car brands
Proton,
Perodua, wafer fabs like
SilTerra, supposedly
X-Fab in
Sarawak (it should be Kuching, Sarawak instead) is also malaysian owned
much bigger developing countries with lots of huff and puff still not able to pull that off, and that with the added advantage of
i. much bigger populations
ii. much longer history greater heritage sophisticated civilizations
iii. more intelligent diligent hard working innovative populations with deep historical roots and heritage
he planned for 3rd national car, unfortunately didn't work out
petronas - national oil gas exploration multinational corporation, another national champion that working with ang moh brits (lotus ) developed national car engine E01e
oil and gas exploration in deep waters (water pressure increases with depth) is difficult task, sensors don't work at exceedingly high temperatures and pressure. that's why aerospace (both aviation and space) and oil gas exploration avionics and sensors are some of the hardest to develop and build, also they fetch good money
in both sectors, malaysia got presence. not bad
formula 1 first hosted in asean/perhaps other developing countries of the time in malaysia, under Dr M's leadership
like stinkypura gov't owned keppel/sembcorp, malaysian also got oil/gas exploration, rigs, fpso, semisubmersibles etc builder designer and developers
petronas secured exploration deals in Iraq, Canada, Russia, australia, timor leste suriname etc. not bad leh. although by now, most of those deals soured.
malaysia also got startup scene unfortunately not as thriving. but got more freedom, more creativity, want space launch vehicles, want more startups launching objects to space. not yet achieved, though. unlike iran or norkies.
independence-x aerospace hemrel etc
if Dr M led a 200 million or bigger population of
Arabs
or Persians
or Turks
he would have most likely led the country to a superpower in at least 4, possibly all six, categories listed
military
technological
scientific
geopolitical
economic
cultural
too bad he was stuck with only 16 million melayun or asean natives and dragged down by the presence of the 14 million kuffar pendatang imported by the brits for their divisive heinous "divide and conquer" strategy
dr M did express his desire for a 70 million strong Malaysia
Population goal of 70 million has been recommended by the Honorable Prime Minister Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohammad during his speech at the UMNO General Assembly in September 1982. He said that Malaysia will be more successful with a population of 70 million.
if Dr M were in charge of Iran, he would have immediately instituted plans for increasing population to over 500 million
iran got plenty of land, plenty of resources, no worries
got history, got talent, got one major religion
no issues
unlike melayun with only 16 million asean native melayun
dragged down by 14-15 million kuffar pendatang imported by brits for their nefarious agenda
then hydrogen bombs + ICBMs for sure
anti satellite tests
nuclear powered subs
nuclear powered aircraft carriers
space borne weapons maybe?
who knows
bases in cuba
venezuela
other latin americans against yanks
bases in north korea if allowed
in iraq
syria
lebanon
yemen
in azerbaijan
in tajikistan
in kazakhstan
in uzbekistan
in turkmenistan
in armenia
in georgia
in maldives
possibly in brunei
in philippines
in thailand
in somalia
in djibouti
in ghana
in nigeria
in senegal
in cameroon
in kenya
in namibia
in mozambique
in seychelles
in mauritius
in belarus
in ukraine
in bangladesh
in sri lanka
in nepal
in bhutan
in bolivia
in libya
in morocco
etc etc
with a population of 500 million Iranians under his command, Dr M could have easily attained the above and a lot more
but alas! Iran is ruled by a bunch of
TURKIC donkeys
Khamenei and co morons
who managed to shoot down passenger plane over Tehran and kill 100+ civilians (mostly Iranians)
and get 100+ of their own citizens trampled to death or injuries
during funeral mourning session over Solemani
in return for killing of Soleimani by yanks
such a donkey
turkic donkey
turks are called donkeys for a good reason