Sunday, October 19, 2003
Someone needs to tell PM Mahathir that if you want to compliment the Jews, basing your compliments on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is probably not the way to go about it. "No, no, no, you don't understand, I really very much admire how the Jews control the world! We should try to be more like them!"
And it's just too tasty hearing him thank Chirac for blocking an EU condemnation. snort
Haaretz Article - Malaysia says reaction on Jews remarks misplaced
Mahathir provoked an outcry when he said that Jews controlled Western powers by proxy. The United States, Israel, Australia and the European Union accused Mahathir of anti-Semitism.
"It's most unfortunate, the reaction that has come out is terrible," Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said in an interview on Australian television.[...]
Mahathir has thanked French President Jacques Chirac for blocking a European Union declaration condemning his comments on Jews, news reports said Sunday.
Chirac, backed by Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, stopped the EU from ending a summit Friday with a harshly worded statement deploring Mahathir's speech...
The French presidency denies supporting the Malaysian prime minister.
But Malaysian newspapers said Mahathir had expressed his gratitude to Chirac for his "understanding" of the speech he made at the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference, the world's largest Muslim grouping, in Malaysia last Thursday.
Mahathir said he had feared Muslims would be more angered by the speech, which was also critical of Muslims.
"I never thought the Europeans would be against me," the New Sunday Times quoted him as saying.
"I can't understand them. I'm glad that Chirac at least understands. I would like to thank him publicly."...
Mahathir is great....Franco frattini is double standard. Before this his pm had said that muslim people is terrorism, but he forget..and know he want to teach other people about dialoge and tolenrance..oh what his pm Berlusconi said not be consider as enconter the principle dialogue..we know that italy leader is really rude and celupar.