Malaysia a 'half-past-six country with no guts' if ...

Dr.M rightly reflects the current unhappiness of Malaysians on the current govt decision on the bridge, as well as many other stupid decisions not for the good of Malaysia. Pak Lah & his what seemed like blurred "advisors" must listen to the grass root. The 9/10 majority given to the ruling govt is much the nation's gift for the PREVIOUS govt good track record. Pak Lah et al has yet to proof any back bone when it comes to protecting the maruah of Malaysia and this nation.

Respect of the ppl has to be earned and Tun Mahathir has much earned our respect when it comes to standing by the country and making hard decision for the good and maruah of Malaysia. I have yet to see any good deeds done by this current "leadership" ): Infact it has managed to unruffled some of the good deeds done by the previous leader and losing precious momentum!

From NST

Dr Mahathir: Malaysia a 'half-past-six country with no guts' if ...
02 May 2006
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PUTRAJAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad returned from a two-week holiday in
London yesterday as defiant as ever, refusing to cease disputing the
Government's decision to scrap the Johor Strait bridge project.

He said as a citizen, he had a right to do so if the country's
sovereignty was surrendered.

"If you surrender your sovereignty to Singapore ... I think this is a
half-past-six country which has no guts," the former prime minister
told reporters at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on his
return.

"I promised not to interfere in politics and I have not said anything
about many things done which were wrong.

"But this is the limit - to surrender your sovereignty to Singapore
as
if you are scared of them.

"This does not speak well of your self-respect."

Asked to what extent he would pursue the matter, Dr Mahathir said:

"I cannot go to war ... I have no power."

He dismissed talk that Umno members were worried that his conflict
with the present administration over the bridge issue would disunite
Umno.

The bridge issue, he said, had nothing to do with disunity and was
about self-respect.

Asked why he had not given his recent open letter to Prime Minister
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi instead of distributing it to Umno
members, Dr Mahathir said:

"I did not write the letter to him. What for? Even if I talk to you
(the media), it won't see the light of day in the papers.

"Even if I were to give it to you to publish, you will not do it.

"Even if you do, Kalimullah will chop it," he said, referring to New
Straits Times Press deputy chairman and editorial adviser Datuk
Kalimullah Hassan.

However, Dr Mahathir described his relationship with Abdullah as "very
fine and very good".

"I am unhappy only when you kowtow. This is our country, yet we have
to seek permission from another country to build a bridge on our side.
Where is the sovereignty?"