Stupid Americans

With due respect to many of my beloved American friends, and the respected citizens of the country.

It’s like 1997-98 all over again. And no, I don’t mean Anwar Ibrahim and the whole sodomy thing. I’m actually referring to spokesman for the US State Department Tom Casey who was quoted in a AFP report “warning” Malaysia against a “politically-motivated” probe against the former Deputy Prime Minister.

The article states:

“The main point for us is that the rule of law needs to stand above politics,” said Tom Casey, spokesman for the US State Department.

“And we would certainly oppose any use of law enforcement or judicial procedures for anything other than legitimate purposes of the law,” he said.

Noting that Anwar had previously faced similar charges and that his conviction was ultimately overturned, Casey said, “So, we would hope that there’s not a pattern here.

“But, certainly, we would be concerned that anything that is done be done in a way that is appropriate, that is a legitimate investigation of charges that might exist under Malaysian law, and would not be anything that was a politically motivated investigation or prosecution,” he said.

Now, this is reminiscent of former US Vice President Al Gore’s comments back in 1998, when while sharing the stage with then-Prime Minister Tun Mahathir (well, he was a Datuk Seri then), essentially called for Reformasi.

Dickhead. And now Tom Casey too.

Look, I’ve said before, I don’t know if this is a conspiracy against Anwar, or if the bloke enjoys his jolly with men but surely, the law has to be allowed to take its course without interference from the outside. And with the 2008 sodomy allegations, only a police report has been lodged, for goodness sake. Anwar hasn’t even been arrested or charged yet!

At least in 1998 (me and Ivy were just talking yesterday about how it all seems so fresh in our minds, but we can’t remember exactly the specifics), there were other charges involved including corruption etc etc etc which “made” Anwar a “threat” to national security – hence the ISA was invoked.

I’m not sure exactly what Tom Casey has heard, or been informed, but surely this American superiority complex have to go. Stick to saving the world in movies, will ya? Leave us alone!

Idiot.

Anyway, that was one of the many The Star News Alerts that came my way yesterday – you would read about everything in the papers today, I suppose – the alerts were never ending (here’s a summary of some of them).

I thought it was a rather interesting day politically (and also a slight indication of what a farcical country we live in).

Rightfully, in my humble opinion, however, was PM Pak Lah’s instructing our Foreign Ministry to send a letter of protest to the US embassy of Tom Casey’s statement.

What is suspect, also in my humble opinion (yes, I’m very humble these days), is Pak Lah “assuring” Anwar of his security. This follows earlier assurances by Deputy PM Najib Tun Razak and Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar. For one, Anwar has not even lodge a police report about any threats he received (although there were so many reports lodged that I’m getting confused). Secondly, if the BN Gov’t is not involved in these claims, and the police are suppose to work independently without political motivation, what can these assurances guarantee anyway?

And speaking of not lodging reports, DPM Najib’s wife Rosmah, who was recently implicated in the Altantuya Shaariibuu (Mongolian model) murder case, has said that she will not address the claims in Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin’s statutory declaration that Rosmah was present when the body of the Mongolian model was disposed of. The report also stated that when asked if she would sue RPK for the false declaration (she maintains her innocence), she said no and that she has bigger things to worry about.

I mean, it’s her prerogative lah, but if it was me and I was being labeled a murderer, I’d think it would be one of the biggest things to worry about, no?

Speaking of things to worry about – I think our MPs have too much time on their hands. A couple of days ago, Parliament Speaker Pandikar Amin had asked Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo to leave the House and suspended him for two days for not adhering to the Speaker’s instructions.

Yesterday, I received an alert saying that Gobind would still be showing up in Parliament as he felt he did nothing wrong. Then there was another one that said that he had apologised to Pandikar Amin … only to get one more SMS saying, no, he denies apologising.

Good gracious. I know that this is all politics and all MPs are politicians but come on! For one, I take Gobind to task for getting kicked out anyway – you know the speaker has the power to suspend you, and you know (because Karpal Singh is your father and he has been suspended before) that the Speakers have no qualms suspending MPs.

And all this about apologising (Gobind claims to only have said, ” Sorry to trouble you but when can I come back to Dewan Rakyat), or not apologising, you’ve already been suspended, just sit it out. And why did Pandikar have to inform anyone that Gobind apologised anyway? Was he going to lift the suspension based on the apology?

I seriously can’t keep up with them. Now, I know why the Drama Minggu Ini series was so popular when it was airing on TV.

9.22am Malaysian Times (+8 GMT)

Tags: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Anwar Ibrahim, Gobind Deo Singh, Karpal Singh, Malaysia, Parliament, Rosmah, Sodomy