KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad urged the Government to stop purchasing arms and weapons from the United States, Israel’s main backer and supporter.The former prime minister said the people should persuade the government to do so while local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) should also play their part by asking their counterparts in other countries to do likewise.
He said such a decision, which he described as “a small thing to the United States,” would not affect the world’s only superpower immediately but over time, it would feel the pinch.
“I think the biggest purchase directly from the United States, is from our government which is planning to buy a new aircraft.
“If they buy from the United States directly, they (the government) would provide cash to the Americans to manufacture arms for Israel to kill Palestinians,” he added.
Dr Mahathir was speaking to reporters after launching the Save Palestinians Campaign organised by the Coalition of Malaysian NGOs.
tunku : Malaysian goverment should stop buying any weapons from the US. we have russia as an alternative which has equivalent or much better weapons, aircrafts etc from the US.buy sukhoi from russia.
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3 comments:
Lagi-lagi Mahathir... Beliau ni cakap macamlah bel... Lagi-lagi Mahathir... Beliau ni cakap macamlah beliau tak pernah jadi PM. Sekarang ni beriya-iya pulak nak suruh negara Islam jangan beli senjata US. Memang lah bagus cadangan beliau tu tapi kalau dilihat masa beliau jadi PM dulu, tak pernah beli senjata US ke? Dah lah...Jangan nak jadi hero...
yes,this is a good idea.govt should cease buying U... yes,this is a good idea.govt should cease buying US weapons.we do have other countries that willing to sell their arms to us.i think this idea is even better than to boycott goods sold by US companies.
farouk,
it was mahathir who bought sukhoi from russia instead of buying us hornet or F16, ada faham.
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