YOURSAY 'Why does Mahathir have to talk to the Navy people at this time? This looks like a last-minute campaigning for postal ballots.'

Dr M: Pakatan rule will herald 'failed Islamic state'

Onyourtoes: Former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad, when you spoke to the Navy personnel, you ought to tell them whether the country has managed its military expenditure properly and prudently.

You asked the voters not to be swayed by emotions or hatred. What an irony; were these not what you use against the opposition?

You warned the voters of racial tensions if DAP leader Lim Kit Siang wins Gelang Patah. Now you tell the voters of the possibility of a failed Islamic state.

I have never seen a person your age as treacherous as you. What devil right have you got to say on anything when your whole life is an embodiment of corruption, racism, abuse of power, grandeur, mega-mania, contradiction and hypocrisy?

Retnam: Why does Mahathir have to talk to the Navy people at this time? The information given by the secret service must be that the Navy and Army and Air Force personnel are leaning towards the opposition.

Next Tuesday, postal ballot voters will do their voting. So this looks like a last-minute campaigning for the postal ballots. This is indeed a good sign for Pakatan.

Apa Ini?: Through the politics of fear, he has cultivated and nurtured the likes of Ibrahim Alis, big and small, and insulted the intelligence of all Malays.

If the Malays, the majority group, fail to compete with others on a level playing field, they will never learn the rules apart from the rules of privilege. They will never be seen as equals and thus never be truly respected.

Tehachapi: This is a clear abuse of power by Mahathir, trying to brainwash these young naval officials.

However, these men and women in uniform are smart thinking people and we are confident that they will not be fooled easily by seductive, but deceitful lies.

Choose they must between the path leading to national ruins due to worsening corruption, or the path of clean and just government.

Umno is incapable of leading change because it is pursuing an obsolete strategy founded on race and religious superiority.

The direction the country had taken was the main reason for our current problems. Instead we should elect a clean government which embraces national unity and diversity as valuable resources to improve our capabilities to compete in the new world.

Umno-BN is too distracted and too self-absorbed as to pay attention to the problems that ordinary citizens face each day. Vote for change and hope, not stasis. Make a rational choice based on truth and facts, not emotions.

Freemsia: What a minute, I believe Mahathir is advocating for mediocrity rather than meritocracy.

Worse still, he was preaching this to our nation finest? Don't the best deserved the best? Best machinery and equipment for our armed forces, led by the most capable officers.

No wonder we bought submarines that cannot submerge. No wonder we cannot handle the Lahad Datu incident. No wonder we have Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as our defence minister.

Now he is also telling us to vote ‘okay' candidates to lead our ‘okay' country and there is no need to strive for the best. Just ‘average' can do.

Apa Nama: Mahathir, Malaysia is already a failed state as far as education, finance and social justice are concerned. These three pillars were damaged by you during your 22 years of useless administration.

While you were education minister, you destroyed our education system. So what failed state you are talking about when it has already failed in many fields.

Abasir: Only a failed Islamic state as defined by Mahathir will allow the thieving of state assets by cronies, the murder of Mongolians with the connivance of crooked lawyers, the thuggery of policemen, the production of sex videos and their public broadcasting, the use of mat rempits against citizens and the worshiping of evil doers like Mahathir a/l Iskandar Kutty.

Cala: Where is Mahathir's logic? As usual, this tirade from Mahathir is boring and lacking in facts.

First, Malaysia is a secular state, so where is Mahathir leading us to in his argument? Recall Karpal Singh's vehement protest at PAS' proposal to turn Malaysia into an Islamic state.

Second, a close look at the World Bank's annual worldwide governance indicators confirmed that Malaysia has been badly managed in terms of rule of law, corruption, etc. Mahathir ought to account for his role in sending the country into this sordid state.

Third, the dim light at the end of the tunnel to reverse Malaysia's misfortune at the hands of Umno-led BN regime is the hope that Pakatan is bringing to the people.

Finally, if Malaysia is doing so well as claimed by Mahathir, why is Najib said change is under way and he can do better in reforming the country than Pakatan?

Anticonmen: You lost to PAS in 1969 but put the blame on the Chinese. You have now robbed us of billions of ringgit but put the blame on Islam.

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