I refer to the Malaysiakini report Mahathir: Boycott US products and their currency .
‘Boycott US products and their currency’ says the know-all Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
As a man who has ‘never made a mistake’ and who is ‘speckless’, we can expect him to keep this record clean by openly showing Malaysians that he is not a hypocrite in his call to boycott things American.
We can therefore expect the Tun to stop using all forms of computers (laptops, servers, etc) as they are largely the creation of Americans and are enabled by American technologies and products such as Intel/AMD microprocessors, Microsoft Windows operating system, Linux/Unix servers, routers (Cisco), Internet Explorer, Firefox, Microsoft Office, etc.
In fact, we can expect him to shut down his Chedet site as its continued operation would contribute to the coffers of firms such as Microsoft, Intel/AMD, Cisco, HP/Sun/Dell, etc.
If he continues to run his Chedet site, he would be proving to all Malaysians and the world that he is nothing but a hypocrite who says one thing and does another. The Tun certainly will not want to tarnish his speckless record.
In fact, the Tun can be expected to go beyond merely shutting down his Chedet site. His next call should therefore be for the rejection of American firms such as Intel, Motorola, Microsoft, DHL, ExxonMobil, Computer Associates, IBM, Unisys, British American Tobacco, Oracle, Lucent Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Compaq, etc from the Multimedia Super Corridor and free trade zones.
Their continued operation in Malaysia will help them to prosper and contribute to the US economy and the strengthening of the US dollar.
As advisor to Petronas, the Tun can also be expected to call for the termination of contracts with Exxon-Mobil, Caltex and Chevron and to expel these American firms from oil explorations and petrol/diesel retailing in Malaysia - no more Esso petrol stations.
I am sure the Tun will also ensure that Petronas's oil will no longer be sold in US dollars. The Tun should also call for the expelling of Americans such as Bill Gates from the International Advisory Panel of the Multimedia Super Corridor, his (the Tun’s) brainchild (which should no longer be referred to as the Silicon Valley of the East but something else).
Going further, the Tun can be expected to call for the conversion of all the billions of US dollar reserves held by Malaysia into ringgit or perhaps into the currencies of poor Islamic nations such as Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia to help to shore up the economies of Islamic brother nations while punishing the evil Americans.
No more reserve in US dollars for Malaysia. No more sending of Malaysian students to the US. No more Malaysians (certainly no one from Mahathir's family or his supporters) will be visiting US.
No more buying of anything American. In fact, even no more selling to America - why sell something to someone who you hate?
Will Mahathir do all these things to back up his call to boycott the US or is he going to openly prove to all of us once and for all that he is nothing but a mere hypocrite?