Obama FTW
Woo! Malaysia is No. 1 on Time Magazine Online!
Erm… I meant No. 1 in the list of coutntries that voiced their opinion regarding the new president-elect, Barack Obama.
You’d expect our Prime Minister to be the first to have a say on this but it seems otherwise…
What seemed audacious and improbable before is now a reality. In Obama’s victory are sown the seeds of great expectations that a truly new chapter will be written in the history of the world.
Muslim nations will have cause to celebrate this triumph; it offers prospects for genuine dialogue and engagement and should witness the politics of diplomacy supplant the politics of war and the theology of terror. Other nations traditionally at loggerheads with America may find reason to reciprocate to a more balanced approach.
—By Anwar Ibrahim
Former Deputy Prime Minister
Oh well, if America can elect a black president into the Oval Office, I think we Malaysians can do better. Can we?
