In an interview with Malaysia’s The Star newspaper published Tuesday, Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said neither Bush nor Kerry want to address the root problem of terrorism because that would “annoy the Jewish group (voters).”
“If you mention Palestine as the root cause (of terrorism), you will lose the election. So neither Kerry nor Bush will mention Palestine,” he said.
“But surprisingly, the electorate appears to be willing to accept a person who told a blatant lie and to elect a liar as their president,” he said, referring to Bush’s claims about Saddam Hussein stockpiling weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
“The American people are, by and large, very ignorant and know nothing about the rest of the world. … Yet they are the people who will decide who will be the most powerful man in the world,” he said, adding that he thinks Bush will win the November 2 election.
“They (accepted) Blair, and I am sure they will accept Bush. They have already accepted Howard who told a blatant lie,” he said without elaborating.
But Mahathir apparently sees Kerry as the lesser of two evils.
In an open letter dated October 15 to America’s Muslim community, Mahathir urged them to vote for Kerry, saying Bush has been “the cause of the tragedies” across the Muslim world.
“Vote Bush out of office,” Mahathir said.
[Via: CNN]
If Kerry comes to power,he’ll make Bushs destruction of Iraq look like a kids work.
I honestly have come to the conclusion that there really is no difference between Bush and Kerry, but still it’s better if Kerry wins.
Why?
If Bush wins, it’s like giving him the approval to do whatever he wants and go on with his wars and destruction.
If Kerry wins, it’s a message that he was chosen to clean up the mess and change things and that’ll put a bit of pressure on him at least not to screw things up more.
So that’s why I think people should vote for Kerry even though I dislike him.
i find it amusing that people either blame the Israelis or the palestinians … the way i see it they are both responsible for the predicament they are in, arafat on many occasions has had the chance to end the circle of violence as have the israelis but there all so comfortable in there little gripe that both sides are willing to butcher their own children for the sake of being right, the funny thing is they are both in the wrong and the violence will never end ….
for any one to take anything Mahathir Mohamad says seriously is a fool, hes a political s**t stirer only interested in his own gains