Tun Mahathi'r Book - A Doctor in the House

Mahathir's book came after Barry Wains's book. It is a REBUTTLE of sort what Wain had written in his book,"Mahathir the Malaysian Maverick". Of course Mahathir in his book only sees ONE SIDE of his story. But a coin has two sides,so is his story seen from the EYES other than Mahathir's. In his recent book Mahathir tried to preempt a lot of his misgivings and misdeeds in the past the SKELETONS of which might emerge or uncovered as time goes on. Remember this old man is VERY CONCERNED that HISTORY may judge him most unfavourably. Of course, as he always say in his usual outspoken manner, "Why should I care what people say". The TRUTH is he CARES what PEOPLE SAY and HOW HISTORY will judge him. He always says THE OPPOSITE of what he actually means. That IS Mahathir. Hence he will use ANYTHING and EVERYTHING within his power to prevent this to happen and to ensure his LEGACIES are preserved.

That is why in a nutshell he squashed all his critics and all CRITICISMS on his Michavalian methods by saying he did what he believed to be the best for the country. But he NEVER enumerated the COSTS and HARDSHIPS, the WASTAGE that had been incurred to fulfill his EGOES or so called VISIONS. Did he ever say anything on his involvement in the Bank Negara Financial scandal which incurred a Forex LOSS of nearly RM 40 billion in early 90's? which is PITTANCE compared to the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) debacle of just RM 12 billion!. Again the SOCIAL and ECONOMIC COSTS that had been incurred for the country for PERWAJA and PROTON National Car projects. Malaysians were forced to pay very high prices for cars just to protect Proton. Perwaja is another fiasco with RM 10 billion losses. He never mentioned how PETRONAS MONEY had been used during his tenure of 22 years. Are these money PRODUCTIVLY spent for the benefit of the Rakyator just grandiose or MEGA projects which have no DIRECT benefit to the common on the street and in the rural areas except just being lulled into believing that Malaysia has developed with the existence of these MEGA Landmark Projects like the Twin Towers, The Formula One Circuit, the big KL International Airport. Mahathir never admit his mistakes because he knows MORE than anybody else. His logic of thinking is simple. No one CAN be smarter than him or else that person should be the Prime Minister. And there is only ONE Prime Minister at one time. Secondly, the BOSS is always RIGHT.

We can expect the Tun to continue with his CRUSADES to protect his name especially to the young generation which now constituites bulk of the Malaysian voters. He will organise seminars, conferences, of course under various auspices but with him behind them all. He will make sure that institutions of higher learning are STAFFED by those who "KOW TOW" to his ideas and philosophy and of course these so called "intellectuals" had been BENEFICIARIES of his regime. It was during his time they were appointed, promoted or showered with titles etc. Sure they will NEVER FORGET the HAND that gives them the BREAD or the hand that FEEDS them.

Not all will buy his stories in his book and not many will be hoodwinked by his initiatives either especially when all these are being systematically trumpeted through the main Government mass and electronic media. Some time we wonder the tremendous PUBLICITY he gets by the New Straits Times and Utusan, almost DAILY more than the Prime Minister or the Deputy Prime Minister. Some people now begin to wonder who is the real Prime Miniter?

People are not stupid, at least most of them. They now READ and RELY MORE on the ALTERNATIVE MEDIA. I do not think that Mahathir will ever WIN the WAR against him although he may win the battle. History will judge him differently than what HE would LIKE to be judged. Many Malays are not surprised for his UnMalay behaviour of late , like to MEDDLE in national affairs as if he is still the PM. Not surprising at all. After all he himself is not a true Malay. The generation (BEFORE his father) was not very clear as there were no records on his ancestership lineage. The only thing people of this country know that they were full blooded Indians from Kerala. But certainly not punjabi or Malayallam but most likely Tamil as most people alleged.