‘Islamic State is a creation of the United States’
The United States has much to learn about foreign relations, says Dr Mahathir.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22, 2014:
The controversial terrorist organisation,
Islamic State (IS) is a creation of the United States, said former
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
In his blog posting today titled “The
Islamic State” he lambasted the federal republic for not learning from
its past mistakes by toppling democratically elected governments through
“undemocratic overthrows”.
“Suddenly, out of the blue almost there
appeared in the Middle East a powerful force seemingly moved by a desire
to set up an Islamic state, a Caliphate no less,
“Where did they come from? Just like the Taliban they were created by the United States of America,”
Dr Mahathir then explained that the US
had always wanted to replace Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s Shiite
Government with a Sunni Government.
He
said with Iraq and Iran under Shiite rule, a Shiite Government in Syria
would tilt the balance in the Middle East in favour of the Shiite – the
most violent enemy of the US.
He claimed that when attempts were made
to overthrow Bashar’s government, the Americans found themselves a
window of opportunity to install a Sunni government in Syria.
“To ensure this would be the result of
the civil war in Syria, America provided military aid and money to the
Sunni rebels in Syria to ensure their overthrow of Bashar,
“Many of the Sunni fighters were
fanatically against the Shiite. They readily accepted United States aid
and then decided to cross from Syria into Iraq to overthrow the Shiite
Government there,” he said.
Warning that the US would find itself an
implacable enemy should IS expand its territories, Dr Mahathir said the
US should ally itself with Syria to fight off the terrorist group.
Bemoaning the fact that had the US not
intervened earlier, the beheading of the two American journalists would
never had happened.
“They tried to promote regime change in Arab countries and only succeeded in destabilising these countries,”
“Democracy ends with anti-American extreme Islamic governments being elected.”
Adding fuel to the fire, Dr Mahathir said
the American people are “hopelessly ignorant” of the world outside
their country and believed whatever their government does.
“Decades of United States support for Israel and anti-Islamic policies have made anti-American Islamic parties popular.”
He cautioned that anti-Americanism would
be even more violent should the Islamists win, if elections are held
following demoralisation.
“America has much to learn about foreign relations,” he added.
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