KUALA LUMPUR: Two names have been on the mind of US peace advocate Rev Jesse Jackson Sr since his arrival here on Monday.
He said Najib had everything going for him to take the nation to a leadership position in the global arena, using the foundation laid by the elder statesman.
He saw Najib as priming himself to work on the solid foundation laid by Dr Mahathir to take Malaysia to new frontiers in the domestic and international arenas. Read more here.
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After reading the news above, my guess it's either Rev Jesse Jackson knew nothing about Malaysia, New Straits Times has lied from bottom up in this report or he was held at knife point to say those flattery words. It's unbelievable we have such a capable Prime Minister, errr... and ex-Prime Minister to lead Malaysia, and we didn't realize it. We are so stupid.
For civil rights activist Jackson, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will take Malaysia to its rightful place under the sun.
ReplyDeleteThis is what we call diplomatic words. The usual rule of dealing with diplomatic words is to read their meaning in reverse, or else don't blame us for not telling the truth... haha!
Oh yes, when you set foot on a foreign country as a diplomat you must say some diplomatic words, or else the host will throw you out in no time. Remember the Al Gore episode when he visited Malaysia at the height of Reformasi movement? He praised the movement; he said what was factually right but diplomatically wrong and the ones who ruled Malaysia got so upset with him that they had to put up advertisements just to release their venom. I am sure Jesse is a smart guy so he must know all these stories...
As a reverend and a civil right activist, he should be more daring to voice out against oppressive regime than Al Gore the son of Albert Gore. And he is not even a diplomat. Shame on him.
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