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Originally posted by Skunk:
Leonis,
The speech that you linked to was actually delivered in June of this year.
The actual speech in question can be found here.
The man has taken serious issue with the way that Europeans and Israel have treated muslim nations both in the past and present.
God only knows what he meant by "But today, the Jews rule this world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them."
Presumabley, he was echoing the widely held belief that US middle-eastern policy is shaped and controlled by the state of Israel and the US Jewish lobby - a belief that is the result of the uneven-handed approach to the Palestine question.
The part about getting others to fight and die for them is probably a reference to Iraq war - it is another widely held belief that the war was prompted at the behest of the US Jewish lobby - rather than for non-existent WMD's.
These two lines which repeat 'the man in the street opinion' marred an otherwise excellent speech and analysis of the current problems facing muslim society and countries today.
Rather a shame.
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I referenced this in the other thread without knowing Leonis had posted this.
Mahathir has been a prickly character for years. I mentioned his mobilisation of the Malaysian army near the border with Singapre, after the Singaporean leader made comments praising Singaporean Malays (Over Malaysian Malays)
His relationship with Australia has been terrible. We reached a new low in Asian relations when the oh-so diplomatic (read moronic) Australian Prime Minister PAUL KEATING decided to call Mahathir "recalcitrant". Mahathir continually used his influence in Asia to keep Australia out of Asia. I'm afraid it is where it is. You can't move the Island down to Antarctica...
