Posted on 08/29/2018 2:48:01 AM PDT by granada
Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said it was unwise for Asean, including Malaysia, to take a confrontational stance against China.
"That is why Malaysia has a slightly different attitude towards this. We accept that China is a powerful nation and we cannot go to war with China.
"So we need to have some diplomatic ways of negotiating with China," he said in an interview with ThaiPBS on wide-ranging international issues.
Asked if this includes US warships, Mahathir said yes, stating there should be no distinction.
However, he noted the US' penchant to provoke China, a position Malaysia does not favour.
"China claims the sea is theirs, including the islands, but why should we provoke them?
"Now there is free passage, but American warships are very prone of provoking the Chinese by sailing near their islands and all that," he said.
'Trump second term unlikely'
Mahathir also expressed his belief that US president Donald Trump may not survive a second term.
"I think he might lose the second term, in which most of his policies would be thrown out just as he threw out the policies of the previous president, Barack Obama," he said.
Mahathir reiterated his statement that it would be difficult to work with someone like Trump.
"I did tell the press when asked about Trump that it is difficult to work with a man who changes his mind within 24 hours - three times," he said.
On Iran, Mahathir believed the US was wrong to terminate its nuclear agreement with the country, pointing out that the US had become isolated, as the European Union wanted to keep the agreement.
He also addressed the issue of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, calling the declaration by Israel that it is a Jewish state similar to apartheid.
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"I think he might lose the second term, in which most of his policies would be thrown out just as he threw out the policies of the previous president, Barack Obama," he said.
Malaysia political giant
Chi-coms have played the U.S. For fools since trickey Dick went there to open it up for trade.
Provoking China is no way to manage. Making policies that protect the US is different than provoking them in their own backyard.
This is one example of why Malaysia is Malaysia.
IOW, they strive to get more comfortable when they bend over.
What the hell does that mean?
Let me interpret this: “We don’t trust round eyes”.
>>>Provoking China is no way to manage.
Of course, provoking by China is clearly acceptable!
A known solid conservative whom I will guess is about 36. Get her into a starter judgeship now and in less than a decade, if she continues to do well, she will be a prime candidate as a USSC nominee.
The simple fact is that such nominees are now widely considered to be viable only from their late 40s to early 50s, which makes many of them simply miss the “correct” age window because the Dems are in power or there is no opening. This is a bigger issue for the GOP than the Dems, because so many lawyers lean to the left, and especially for actually conservative, top GOP attorneys, who aren’t that plentiful.
Far better that we think flexibly enough to give our best candidates a wider window of viability so they can more likely make it to be a nominee. Already she has great experience in her clerkships and in the practice of law.
If Americans are eligible to be voted in as president at age 35, I think a top, experienced candidate above that age threshold is fine as a circuit judge.
My apologies: a wrong thread post. I’ll copy it now over to the right thread.
Chi-coms have lots of folks they need keep working
We stop or at least slow our purchasing their crap,
Unrest over there.
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