Mahathir denies Bush rebuke

[NNN0LHI]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3214955.stm

The row over a recent speech by Malaysia's prime minister in which he alleged that the world is controlled by Jews has escalated.

Dr Mahathir Mohamad has accused US President George W Bush of lying when he told reporters that he had rebuked the Malaysian leader for his remarks.

Meanwhile, Dr Mahathir has said a call by some Jewish groups for a boycott of Malaysia amounts to blackmail.

With just six days until he retires, the prime minister is speaking without any apparent regard for the consequences.

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[DulceDecorum]

1. Ouch!

The Malaysian leader rejected the US State Department's account of their exchange - that George Bush told Dr Mahathir his remarks were divisive and wrong.
But the president stood by the account and Dr Mahathir has hit back.

"It was the biggest lie. If he'd rebuked me I'm quite sure I would have rebuked him also," Dr Mahathir said.

"If you can tell a lie about the existence of weapons of mass destruction and go to war because of it I'm not surprised if he is prepared to lie about what he said to me."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3214955.stm

[grasswire]

2. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Who makes this stuff up???

I knew it.

Someone over at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is on drugs. They're just making sh*t up. They have no idea anymore what's true and what isn't.

[susu369]

3. Thou shalt not lie

Our godly, steely, manly leader would never lie:

Aboard Air Force One, U.S. President George W. Bush renewed his criticism of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Wednesday for maintaining that "Jews rule the world." "You can't pit people against each other," Bush said.

In a conversation with reporters en route from Indonesia to Australia, Bush recounted confronting Mahathir two days earlier at an economic meeting in Thailand. Mahathir had previously made his comments about Jews at a summit of Islamic countries in Malaysia. "I'm here to inform you that you're going to see that I thought your comments were reprehensible," Bush recalled telling Mahathir. "I said they're divisive and unnecessary. I didn't yell at him. I just told him," Bush said. Bush added: "He knew how I felt, there's no question about that."

:-)

[MaineDem]

4. "I didn't yell at him"

Who the hell does he think he was talking to...a child?!!! What an arrogant POS!

Man, I detest the whistle ass more and more every day.

[zubeneshamali]

5. Keep your eye on the big picture,

which is not whether or not somebody told Mahathir that that his comments about jews was reprehensible. The thing is that his comments about jews was in fact reprehensible.

[beanball]

7. Fairness

compels me to ask why is it when jews are attacked fairly or unfairly there is always someone that comes to their defense yet when arabs are attacked their is seldom an outcry?

[susu369]

10. Different as apples and oranges

my point had nothing to do with what Mahathir said but rather how Bush probably lied. Bush is a sociopath, IMHO.

[Guaranteed]

6. LOL

Oh yeah, George is a real "stand up" guy.
This administration is just a bunch of lies built on more lies.

[Steven_S]

8. I'm shocked, SHOCKED, to hear this...

Our beloved, elected leader lying to a head of state?

The sad part is, I believe the PM before I believe anything that came from the mouth of bush.

[jamesinca]

9. I really have no idea about this PM

but I love him. This is the second time in a year that I have seen him come after the Bush administration because of its foreign policy. I know nothing of his views, or even how well he runs his country, but I do know that he calls Bush on his lies and hatred and he does it publicly.

[rini]

11. which part of him do you love?

The anti-semitic hate goading AH or the anti-American hate mongering SOB. I'm not talking about president of the US here, they come and go. I am talking about a hate-mongering anti-semitic pig.

[JoFerret]

13. Oy

....don't speak about Bush like that. We know he is a lying creep but now you are going too far.

[VolcanoJen]

12. Kick!

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