DR M Slaps Chinese
WildCloud
praises the Chinese (presumably for votes) and is making a visit to China. On the
other hand, he does not understand Chinese feelings with regards to Japanese
atrocities in the past. With no disrespect to other races, namely the Malays, the
Chinese were the target of Japanese atrocities during WW2 - the Rape of Nanking,
the slaughter of innocent children, women and men in South East Asia (even in
Malaysia and Singapore) and in this regard Mahathir is insensitive to Chinese
feelings.
The Chinese do not only want Japan to formally apologise but to genuinely be
remorseful about the past and to educate ordinary Japanese on what actually
happened during the war, instead of covering it up. To suggest that he does not
understand why the Japanese has to apologise, goes to show his utter disregard of
the Chinese and his scant respect for them. Mahathir where were you during the war
-- conspiring with them I guess. You are wrong to say that Germany has stop
apoligising. They are currently thinking of erecting a permanent and very visible
memorial for Jews and others who were slaughtered during the war. Mahathir why
don't you ever keep up with current events and stop shooting from the hips -- your
international reputation as it is, is way down the barrel. And while you are at it,
stop ass-kissing the Japanese...they don't think much of you anyway.
COMDCTRL wrote:
> ++FROM THE STAR Newspaper (Malaysia)+++
>
> Accept China as a world power, says Dr M
> KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad says the world must
> accept that China, with 1.3 billion hard-working, intelligent people, cannot
> help but be a powerful country eventually.
> "If we can live with the US as the sole superpower, there is no reason why we
> cannot live with China as world power. China has practically no history of
> conquering and colonising neighbours. European powers have," he said in an
> interview with The Mainichi newspaper of Japan published yesterday.
>
> He said as much as Japan feared China, China must fear the US-Japan alliance...
> ....Unfortunately, Dr Mahathir said the US "shows open hostility to some
> countries
> in Asia and the US-Japan alliance seems to be directed against these
> countries." ...
> ..."War is no longer a way of solving international problem. If there is another
> world war, the whole world would be destroyed," he added...
>
> ...He said Japan has a good reason for rejecting militarism as it should be ready
>
> and willing to admit that it had done a lot of wrong in the past. But it should
> not be burdened by a permanent sense of guilt over actions committed more than
> half a century ago.
>
> "I don't see Germany being reminded of its Nazi past. Nor is Germany required
> to go around apologising for Nazi atrocities during the war. But it would seem
> that every Japanese Prime Minister must apologise for deeds committed by people
> of two generations ago," he added....