Mahathir's Open Letter To Obama....

[theblackhole]

Mahathir Mohamad: Letter to Barack Hussein Obama
Saturday, 3 January 2009, 2:49 pm
Opinion: Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

Global Research Feature Article

Open Letter to Barack Hussein Obama, President-elect of the United States of America

by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and Former Prime Minister of Malaysia
Global Research, January 2, 2009

January 1, 2009

Dear Mr. President,

I did not vote for you in the Presidential Election because I am Malaysian.

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But I consider myself one of your constituents because what you do or say will affect me and my country as well.

I welcome your promise for change. Certainly your country, the United States of America needs a lot of changes.

That is because America and Americans have become the best hated people in the world. Even Europeans dislike your arrogance. Yet you were once admired and liked because you freed a lot of countries from conquest and subjugation.

It is the custom on New Year's day for people to make resolutions. You must have listed your good resolutions already. But may I politely suggest that you also resolve to do the following in pursuit of Change.

1) Stop killing people. The United States is too fond of killing people in order to achieve its objectives. You call it war, but today's wars are not about professional soldiers fighting and killing each other. It is about killing people, ordinary innocent people by the hundreds of thousands. Whole countries will be devastated.

War is primitive, the cavemen's way of dealing with a problem. Stop your arms build up and your planning for future wars.

2) Stop indiscriminate support of Israeli killers with your money and your weapons. The planes and the bombs killing the people of Gaza are from you.

3) Stop applying sanctions against countries which cannot do the same against you.

In Iraq your sanctions killed 500,000 children through depriving them of medicine and food. Others were born deformed.

What have you achieved with this cruelty? Nothing except the hatred of the victims and right-thinking people.

4) Stop your scientists and researchers from inventing new and more diabolical weapons to kill more people more efficiently.

5) Stop your arms manufacturers from producing them. Stop your sales of arms to the world. It is blood money that you earn. It is un-Christian.

6) Stop trying to democratize all the countries of the world. Democracy may work for the United States but it does not always work for other countries.

Don't kill people because they are not democratic. Your crusade to democratize countries has killed more people than the authoritarian Governments which you overthrew. And you have not succeeded anyway.

7) Stop the casinos which you call financial institutions. Stop hedge funds, derivatives and currency trading. Stop banks from lending non-existent money by the billions.

Regulate and supervise your banks. Jail the miscreants who made profits from abusing the system.

8) Sign the Kyoto Protocol and other international agreements.

9) Show respect for the United Nations.

I have many other resolutions for change which I think you should consider and undertake.

But I think you have enough on your plate for this 2009th year of the Christian Era.

If you can do only a few of what I suggest, you will be remembered by the world as a great leader. Then the United States will again be the most admired nation. Your embassies will be able to take down the high fences and razor-wire coils that surround them.

May I wish you a Happy New Year and a great Presidency.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad

(Former Prime Minister of Malaysia)

 

[whoami]

Well spoken. clap clap clap!

 

[VIBGYOR]

Well spoken. clap clap clap!

everything okay except no.6 leh

6) Stop trying to democratize all the countries of the world. Democracy may work for the United States but it does not always work for other countries.

democracy is part of the factor that will affect the development of a country to achieve developed status.

when people are fully fed, the next thing they aspire is democracy.

 

[The_Latest_H]

No. 5 is hard to implement because the Senate and House will not stand for it. Furthermore these building of normal weaponry like jet fighters, rifles, and guns, and other advanced weapons are in states that Republicans are popular in.

And many of them are sold to American allies, including Singapore, and is a source of revenue for the private companies which produce them, and the US military who pays these companies to produce for the US military. This is revenue basically.

This is political red meat and I don't think Obama has enough political capital to pursue such a course, especially if he wants a second term.

No. 6 means that Obama will not push for democracy, Bush style. What Obama thinks its possible is more like an indigenous push for democracy by people within the country- and not by invasion by the likes of the US in name of democracy.

So if Anwar manages to topple Tun Razak, and become PM, then Obama would be pleased. But he wouldn't use armed force to impose democracy on other countries the way Bush has done.

 

[VIBGYOR]

And many of them are sold to American allies, including Singapore, and is a source of revenue for the private companies which produce them, and the US military who pays these companies to produce for the US military. This is revenue basically.

i really have no problems with the arms industry, as long as they don't use it to kill or maim innocent lives.

like we just use it for national day parades, and free joy rides or some target practise for some NSmen, i have no problems with that.

 

[The_Latest_H]

i really have no problems with the arms industry, as long as they don't use it to kill or maim innocent lives.

like we just use it for national day parades, and free joy rides or some target practise for some NSmen, i have no problems with that.

Not really Singapore really, but weapons sold to NATO are most likely more used for war. Whether is it targeted at other people because of ethnicity is another question.

But I do believe most NATO countries also know its obvious folly to do so. I think, though, having said all of that, Mahathir is actually referring to Israel, because most weapons sold goes to Israel and these are basically used against Palestinians and against Hezbollah and Hamas.

 

[myo539]

No 6 doesn't apply to Malaysia : Stop trying to democratize all the countries of the world. Democracy may work for the United States but it does not always work for other countries.

Don't change our Bumiputra way of life - Malay is king and the rest are just immigrants. Malaysia belongs to Malays and therefore they will have special privileges - the rest can go home to their ancestor countries if they want. One day they will not even get to vote - there can never be a Chinese PM unlike the USA where a non-white can become a president. Or unlike its southern neighbour where it had a Eurasian, a Chinese, an Indian and a Malay as their President.

 

[theblackhole]

wow u guys are so enlightened and so full of knowledge. dr mahathir should have consulted all of you before he wrote that open letter. majulah to all of you for your wonderful contributions!!! i truly respect all of you!

 

[kuntakinte]

Dr m&d? who the fuck he thinks he is ?

Lest everybody thinks that he is writing a great piece of letter, dig this, he is writing CRAPS !!!

Why CRAPS ?? How could a super corrupted ex-PM that hides behind the Islamic curtain to tell Obama what to do ?

He is entitled to own fucking opinions, but the underlying message is his personal objectives. FUCK Dr. m&d DEAD !!!

 

[guy2100]

No 6 doesn't apply to Malaysia : Stop trying to democratize all the countries of the world. Democracy may work for the United States but it does not always work for other countries.

Don't change our Bumiputra way of life - Malay is king and the rest are just immigrants. Malaysia belongs to Malays and therefore they will have special privileges - the rest can go home to their ancestor countries if they want. One day they will not even get to vote - there can never be a Chinese PM unlike the USA where a non-white can become a president. Or unlike its southern neighbour where it had a Eurasian, a Chinese, an Indian and a Malay as their President.

Its the sad truth. 80% of babies born in Malaysia today belong to the Muslims. That's how the future in Malaysia will look like. Learn to live with it.

 

[newyorker88]

i really have no problems with the arms industry, as long as they don't use it to kill or maim innocent lives.

like we just use it for national day parades, and free joy rides or some target practise for some NSmen, i have no problems with that.

Hahaha, the main idea of the ARMS INDUSTRIES is to set off as many wars as possible, if not who going to buy their products?

This one of the rare times Dr. M spoke with brains. Indeed, if Obama is to do some of the things Dr. M says, the world will be a much better place to live in.

 

[UpYoz_olo]

Mahathir Mohamad: Letter to Barack Hussein Obama
Saturday, 3 January 2009, 2:49 pm
Opinion: Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

Global Research Feature Article

Open Letter to Barack Hussein Obama, President-elect of the United States of America

by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and Former Prime Minister of Malaysia
Global Research, January 2, 2009

January 1, 2009

Dear Mr. President,

I did not vote for you in the Presidential Election because I am Malaysian.

=

But I consider myself one of your constituents because what you do or say will affect me and my country as well.

I welcome your promise for change. Certainly your country, the United States of America needs a lot of changes.

That is because America and Americans have become the best hated people in the world. Even Europeans dislike your arrogance. Yet you were once admired and liked because you freed a lot of countries from conquest and subjugation.

It is the custom on New Year's day for people to make resolutions. You must have listed your good resolutions already. But may I politely suggest that you also resolve to do the following in pursuit of Change.

1) Stop killing people. The United States is too fond of killing people in order to achieve its objectives. You call it war, but today's wars are not about professional soldiers fighting and killing each other. It is about killing people, ordinary innocent people by the hundreds of thousands. Whole countries will be devastated.

War is primitive, the cavemen's way of dealing with a problem. Stop your arms build up and your planning for future wars.

2) Stop indiscriminate support of Israeli killers with your money and your weapons. The planes and the bombs killing the people of Gaza are from you.

3) Stop applying sanctions against countries which cannot do the same against you.

In Iraq your sanctions killed 500,000 children through depriving them of medicine and food. Others were born deformed.

What have you achieved with this cruelty? Nothing except the hatred of the victims and right-thinking people.

4) Stop your scientists and researchers from inventing new and more diabolical weapons to kill more people more efficiently.

5) Stop your arms manufacturers from producing them. Stop your sales of arms to the world. It is blood money that you earn. It is un-Christian.

6) Stop trying to democratize all the countries of the world. Democracy may work for the United States but it does not always work for other countries.

Don't kill people because they are not democratic. Your crusade to democratize countries has killed more people than the authoritarian Governments which you overthrew. And you have not succeeded anyway.

7) Stop the casinos which you call financial institutions. Stop hedge funds, derivatives and currency trading. Stop banks from lending non-existent money by the billions.

Regulate and supervise your banks. Jail the miscreants who made profits from abusing the system.

8) Sign the Kyoto Protocol and other international agreements.

9) Show respect for the United Nations.

I have many other resolutions for change which I think you should consider and undertake.

But I think you have enough on your plate for this 2009th year of the Christian Era.

If you can do only a few of what I suggest, you will be remembered by the world as a great leader. Then the United States will again be the most admired nation. Your embassies will be able to take down the high fences and razor-wire coils that surround them.

May I wish you a Happy New Year and a great Presidency.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad

(Former Prime Minister of Malaysia)

Dear Dr M bin M,

I have this very belated 2009 resolution also: you should have addressed one to Mr Hu Jin Tao, current President of the Ppls Rep of China, to beg him to stop doing the same to his own people in Tibet, Xinjiang and Mongolia as well.

You seem to have started to look West more these days since the days of looking at Japan (lolitas?) while you were PM. Why? Do you know your fellow brothers-of-same-faith in Xinjiang are having the same as the Palestinians in Gaza? And you aren't doing any thing????

Yours truly,

UpYoz_olo

(How to get this to Global Research ah???)

 

[The_Latest_H]

Muslim is breeding like there is no tomorrow not only in Malaysia, but all over the world. Take care the next generations, probably all our grandchildren will have a name Mohammed

Calling an alley cat as an african tiger a proper man does not make, dear fella.

 

[BlueCat]

he just cannot go away after being forced to give up his power and dynasty.