Australia promoted by American president...

Dlowan, will you be the gun-totin rabbit representative of U.S. in the land down under. We sure would appreciate your subservience.

EU Furious with Malaysian PM

Apparently he was on a quite a roll, Prime Minister Mahathir also said this at that conference:

He's some fella, that Mahathir - just loves to rile the non-Asians. He has delighted in Australia baiting for many years.

Hafta give the Malaysians one for the promotion comment, though! That is hilarious.

We actually have a close relationship with Malaysia, in terms of trade and the number of them who study here and suchlike.

Geez, Piffka. If almost anyone else presented that quote, I would be asking for a reliable source. That is almost incredible.

mahathir makes a lot of news our way too. imho, he's a nut case.

he said it, all right.

When has you o ever been h???

Agree, though, about Mahathir.

Oh my goodness.

I do like the promotion comment.

But oh my.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Roger. It is pretty incredible isn't it?

I was so blown away that I couldn't think of any nasty comments to make about the Shrub... and I wanted to, I really did. :wink: We gotta face it, they're all idjits.

Good shot, Margo.

Under fire: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (Reuters)

Malaysia apologises for Mahathir's anti-Jewish comments

Malaysia has voiced regret over the outcry caused by its Prime Minister's remarks about Jews at an Islamic summit, saying Islam was not anti-Jewish and the problem was Israel.

"Islam has never advocated being anti anybody including the Jews," Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said.

"The only problem with the Jews is when the State of Israel was created," Syed Hamid said, adding that Jews worked and were welcomed in Malaysia.

Western governments leaped to criticise Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's speech, made on Thursday to a summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), in which he said, "today the Jews rule this world by proxy - they fight and get others to die for them".

Prime Minister John Howard said Dr Mahathir's comments were "offensive" and "dangerous".

Italy, which holds the European Union (EU) presidency, said it would propose that an EU summit on Friday formally condemn the remarks, which its foreign minister called "deplorable".

But Arab leaders said Dr Mahathir, known for his blunt ways, was simply telling it like it is.

"I don't think they are anti-Semitic at all - I think he was stating the facts, which are basically challenging in the Muslim world," Yemeni Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi said.

"There are people wanting to create trouble, invent problems that do not exist," Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher said.

"I would advise them to read the whole speech, which was a speech addressed to Muslims asking them to work hard and affirm their personality."

Syed Hamid said Dr Mahathir's remarks had been taken out of context.

He said most foreign media had missed the Prime Minister's main point, that Muslims should make peace because they could not win the Palestinian conflict through violence.

"We do not agree with suicide bombing, and he has said this," the Malaysian Minister said.

"I'm sorry he has created this adverse interpretation," he said, adding the speech criticised Muslims more for not using their heads as the Jews had done to promote their cause.

-- Reuters

humble is my middle name

How you be, margo? ain't heerd hardly nothing....

i dont think what our government in relation to the US is doing is right at all, but when the consequences of your actions are so great, none greater than on the international politics scale, then the importance of right and wrong pails in comparasim. The results of our actions have been far better for our nation than the results of doing the 'right' thing.

Well, since Australia is similar to Texas ... :wink:

Walter, I consider that an International incident and will retaliate by unleashing plagues of bunnies, locusts and redbacks upon Germany.
See we also have weapons of mass destruction. Maine maybe, California reluctantly but like Texas - RUDE BUGGER.