>>>> The world needs a steadfast America, one that is resolute in its belief that Islamist terrorists are dead wrong in thinking they can terrorise the world into submission. <<<<
masa sih ini bukan satu pernyataan lain yang jelas2 nunjukin betapa LKY itu benar2 anteknya amerika? klo memang dia bukan pro-Amerika.. dan menjadi bagian dari kelompok yang 'islamophobic'... dia itu siapa? can we justify the american policy of plunder-by-trade as a replacement of the plunder-by-trade policy towards the whole world to satisfy their greed? i dunt think a sensible person in the whole world would justify this kinda of action. regards Qisai delhi --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], rahardjo mustadjab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jangan bilang LKY pro-Amerika. Kalau sudah mengenai > prinsip, dia sering berlawanan dengan Amerika, > contohnya segudang. Nyatanya, dia hanya pro-Singapura. > Dalam rohnya, dia seorang Anglo-fili sejati, dan > bicara Inggris dengan aksen Cambridge yang pas. > > Yang jelas, dia musuh dan memusuhi komunis. Lawan > komunis adalah orang yang paham Marxisme seperti LKY. > Waktu di Cambridge, dimana ia selesai dengan magna cum > laude, dia debater ulung di debating club. Waktu itu > dia jadi kader Labour Party yang waktu itu beraliran > Marxist. Makanya sekembalinya ke Malaya, dia keras > terhadap kaum komunis yang waktu itu mendominasi > kehidupan politik dan sosial di pulau Singapura. > > Tak jarang dia bicara langsung di Congress, seperti > ketika dia mendobrak Jenkins Bill yang mau membatasi > import tekstil. Menghadapi Congress mudah untuk orang > sekelas LKY dan Abba Eban (sekarang almarhum), tokoh > Israel yang juga sama-sama keluaran Cambridge, juga > dengan summa cum laude. Mendengar LKY bicara di > Congress atau Abba Eban di PBB, audience mengira > Aldous Huxley yang bicara, karena bicaranya forceful > tapi persuasive. > > Seperti saya pernah posting disini, Muslim di > Singapura adalah Muslim yang positif dan konstruktif. > Di tulisan bawah, LKY mengingatkan apa yang musti > diperbuat menghadapi teroris yang berlomba-lomba satu > sama lain dalam kekejian mereka. Silahkan baca dengan > cermat. > > Salam, > RM > > OCT 13, 2004 > Terrorists outdoing one another in savagery > By Lee Kuan Yew > > THIS year's presidential election in the United States > has special significance for East Asia. A Pacific > Ocean diminished in size by technology has linked East > Asia's economic future with America's. > > Any slowdown in the US spells problems for Asia. > Although intra-East Asian trade has grown by double > digits yearly since the 1990s, the end destination for > about 25 per cent of the region's manufactured > products is still the US. > > Asia needs a US administration that supports free > trade and is able to restrain domestic pressures to > protect American jobs by restricting outsourcing. > > AMERICA'S FRIENDS TARGETED > > > OF EVEN greater concern to Asia, however, is the > Islamist terror threat. Because globalisation has > brought about a planet-wide focus, suicide bombers now > target Americans and America's friends in Asia. > > In Iraq, besides Americans and Britons, terrorists > have taken Italians, Egyptians, Turks, Nepalese, > Indians, Pakistanis and many others hostage. > > When the Italian government refused to withdraw its > troops from Iraq, terrorists killed the Italian > journalist they were holding. They had expected the > Italian government to yield in the same way that the > Philippines had in order to save its countryman. > > Terrorists in Iraq have also beheaded one Nepali, two > Bulgarians, one South Korean and three Americans, > besides killing many others. The 'Islamic Army in > Iraq' went beyond demanding the withdrawal of foreign > forces; it threatened to kill two French journalists > if France didn't rescind its ban on the wearing of > headscarves by Muslim girls attending French state > schools. > > Some believe that if the US had not attacked Iraq, the > terrorists would not have become so numerous and so > barbaric. > > Escalating terrorist outrages both inside and outside > Iraq show a dynamic independent of what's going on > there. Every new horror is quickly copied, including > coordinated suicide bombings, hostage-takings and > intimidation through the posting of videos of > beheadings on the Internet. > > Disparate terrorist groups outdo one another in > extremes of savagery. They are eager to die and take > with them as many victims as possible. Islamists > consider an attack on Muslims anywhere as a crime > against all Muslims. Their websites tabulate massacres > of Muslims in Chechnya, Bosnia, Kosovo, Kashmir, > Mindanao, Ambon, Poso and Palestine, citing all as > atrocities against the Muslim ummah (community). > > To influence Indonesia's presidential elections on > Sept 20 and Australia's elections on Oct 9, Islamic > jihadists exploded a huge car bomb on Sept 9 at the > Australian Embassy in Jakarta, killing nine and > injuring 182. > > To their credit, Indonesians and Australians have not > allowed this attack to influence their elections. > > Al-Qaeda has supported disparate Muslim insurgencies > all over the world, providing funds, training and > expertise in the art of mass killing. Chechen > terrorists have bombed a subway station in Moscow, > blown up two Russian planes using suicide bombers and, > in concert with other terrorists, taken more than > 1,000 Russian parents, children and teachers hostage > in a school in Beslan. They killed more than 330 in > cold blood at that school - more than half of them, > children. > > Extensive preparations and perfect coordination, as > well as the use of suicide bombers, heavy surveillance > and possible rehearsals were the hallmarks of > Al-Qaeda's 9/11 attacks, as noted in the US 9/11 > Commission Report. > > The Beslan terrorists had studied the 2002 Moscow > theatre siege, avoiding mistakes made there. Windows > at the school were shattered to prevent debilitating > gases from overwhelming the terrorists. Children were > targeted - to shock and to gain greater publicity. > Employing such methods, these savages may yet succeed > in alienating the rational Muslim majority. > > The roots of conflicts may be local, but the methods > terrorists use to exploit them are global. Many of the > diverse Islamic terrorist groups fought and bonded > together in Afghanistan, where they forged blood ties > and joined in a higher cause - to make America bleed > and ultimately expel it and any other Western powers > from their lands. > > WORLD NEEDS A RESOLUTE U.S. > > > AL-QAEDA tells the world that America's support of > Israel's ruthless suppression of Palestinians is > justification for its reprisals. Indeed, the horrors > in Palestine have fanned Muslim passions and made > recruiting new terrorists easier. Any abatement in > Israeli-Palestinian tensions would reduce the > terrorists' recruiting prospects. > > But regardless of the outcome of the Palestinian > issue, Islamist terrorists will not abandon their > ultimate goal: driving the US and other Western powers > out of the Middle East so they can gain control of the > region's oil and create a worldwide caliphate, one > that extends from North Africa across Saudi Arabia, > Central and South-east Asia and, later, across all > continents. > > Americans rightly worry about their diminished > standing because of the Abu Ghraib prison atrocities. > However, America cannot allow its moral anguish to be > perceived as weakness. > > Islamist terrorists are waging all-out war against all > who stand in their way. They want their enemies to > lash out at all Muslims, so Muslim resentment will > grow stronger. > > The world needs a steadfast America, one that is > resolute in its belief that Islamist terrorists are > dead wrong in thinking they can terrorise the world > into submission. > > > This article, by Singapore's Minister Mentor, appears > in the current issue of Forbes magazine. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/BRUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. 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