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Saturday, August 2, 2014

LET'S GET REAL! Weak Najib little better than a PUPPET & Umno warlords incl Dr M like it that way!

LET'S GET REAL! Weak Najib little better than a PUPPET & Umno warlords incl Dr M like it that way!
I beg to differ with former New Straits Times Press group editor-in-chief, Datuk Kadir Jasin over his observations that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is stronger than his predecessor, Abdullah A. Badawi.
In fact, following the entire episode on the MH17, one cannot help but to say that the pro-Russian separatists, who had no choice but to return the black box, were in fact using Najib just to spite the Western powers. Nothing more, nothing less.
Understandably, when under pressure, the rebels would decide to use the 'weakest link' there is in order to save face and to shame both the United States and the European Union. They knew that even if the black boxes were surrendered to the Russian authorities, the analysis of the recorders would not be seen as credible. Russian president, Vladimir Putin knows this for a fact.
Najib chosen because he was the weakest link
I refrained from sharing this observation, but looking at Kadir's blog, I cannot help but to punch a hole into Najib's ego. There was no special power of persuasion that I see in Najib's latest feat of being able to obtain the black box from the rebel.
If he truly had such persuasive power, then, we should send him to the Middle East to bring about ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza region. His, and that of former Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad's service would be of greatest value to the United Nations.
We should also send Najib to Mongolia, where our country's name has been greatly marred by the death of one of its nationals. We need such diplomacy as a nation. Najib can then tell the Mongolian citizens that he truly regrets that Altantuya blasted herself in a planned suicide after being jilted. Nothing more, nothing less, and see if the Mongolians would buy the story.
The Bigger Picture
The bigger picture that all Malaysians should see by now is that, after 22 years in power, Dr Mahathir has turned UMNO Baru into one big 'monster' which is prepared to do almost anything, either directly or indirectly through its agents, just to stay in power.
Most of us will not forget that UMNO was split between Dr Mahathir's faction of Team A, and Tun Musa Hitam and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah's Team B faction. After being challenged by Musa in 1985, and then by Tengku Razaleigh in 1986, UMNO's Team B is nothing but a weak faction.
I would be surprised if most of UMNO's Team B had not left UMNO to join either Semangat 46, and later joined PAS when Semangat 46 was disbanded, or PKR in 1998 when Anwar was sacked and jailed by Mahathir. What is left of UMNO today is from Team A faction, who kept Mahathir's legacy in tact, but finding it hard to remain relevant to post-Bersih's Malaysia.
A good evidence that UMNO's Team A is stronger than the remnants of Team B is when Abdullah Badawi himself was ousted after Dr Mahathir hit out at him.
Najib is still the prime minister, because no one in UMNO is now commanding the respect and the loyalty that was once earned by Musa and Razaleigh.
Moreover, UMNO warlords need a weak leader, whom they can have a stranglehold of, in order to be still in control. If Kadir's assessment of Najib is correct, then, we should not be hearing of so many corruption cases involving the big fish that are not being prosecuted.
Umno warlords & groups prefer a weak leader they can 'pressure' into giving up goodies
Religious bigots and racists will not be so loud in raising the political tension in the country, hoping that another episode of May 13 could be played up to discredit the Opposition. They become brave, because Najib is a weak leader.
This is why certain ministers have also come out in the open to pour out their contempt on the rakyat, but there is not even a word of reprimand uttered by the prime minister himself.
If DSAI became PM, the gravy train would end
Instead, ask if any UMNO minister is afraid that someday, Opposition leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim becomes prime minister. With all the scandals that we have seen, I am sure that none of them would agree, knowing that Anwar in power could mean some of them will have to face the prosecution and end up in prison for corruption or other wrongdoings.
The so-called 'eloquent silence' is no strategy at all. Simply said, if you do not have a solution or nothing that you can shout about, you just say nothing and do nothing. The three monkeys are better off by seeing nothing, hearing nothing and saying nothing. If this is what Kadir has in mind when he referred to Najib's eloquent silence, I am afraid he has made a wrong observation.
Kadir as a veteran newsman should know that such degree of silence will not be spared the brickbats from international journalists. We have seen this from the MH370 fiasco that plunged Malaysia (not only MH370) into an the ditch in the eyes of the international community.
Silence is not Golden for Leaders
You simply cannot be silent, when there is a crisis to be dealt with, unless you are either detached from reality or you simply have no solution to the crisis. I cannot imagine US President, Barack Obama remaining silent over a number of crises his country faces.
That is exactly why Najib has been quiet all along. At least, Abdullah Badawi had made attempts to backpedal the country's economy from going to bust after 22 years under Mahathir. He was prepared to put his head to the chopping board, without of course, realising that the UMNO that he was leading was no longer people from his Team B.
When the people expected Najib to say something, nothing came out from his mouth; when he was clearly knew that he was going to get the brickbats from the audience during the Gangnam Style concert, he should have remained silent.
Both his kangkung comments and his shout of RM1 per chicken have received brickbats from the rakyat. What else do you expect from Najib but silence when silence is indeed not golden?
It is a matter of time when Najib will be made a scapegoat, when the time comes for Mahathir to continue his legacy through one of his own sons.
As an observer, I do not believe any political party can be perfect but we certainly need to continue to support Najib and UMNO's biggest challenger in Anwar Ibrahim. Musa Hitam and Tengku Razaleigh had long given up, but unless we are prepared to allow UMNO to continue ruling the country for the next 50 years, Pakatan is the only hope that we have, after both Semangat 46 and Barisan Alternatif fell apart.
I would support Pakatan, until it comes to power at the Federal level; thereafter, I will deal with it the way it should be dealt with, the moment more 'snakes' creep in there. -  MAILBAG

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