A wiseman’s solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict – DON’T drink Coca Cola!!!

The on going war between Israel and Palestine have seen nation leaders all over the world criticize Israel for their continued brutal attacks on Palestine. Many have asked for UN intervention and some have asked of US assistance to end the war.

This conflict has been reging on for decades and many peace proposals have been rejected by both parties. It has been a frustrating and fruitless attempt for many nations that have tried to broker peace between the two countries. Pity to the civilians of both countries, they probably don’t know the meaning of peace. Their countries have been engaged in hostilities for decades past and unfortunately it seems, for decades to come too.

The future for this innocent lives seems bleak but now there is hope as a wise Malaysian may have at last found the solution. It’s a solution so simple and yet without any violence that it is a wonder how come it has eluded so many great minds. Full credit and even maybe the Nobel Peace Prize should be given to our ex-Prime Minister Dr. M and his award winning solution is – “Just stop drinking Coca Cola!!!”. His exact words were, “They will not die if they do not drink Coca Cola”. Don’t be fooled by the Dr. in front of the “M” because he does sound more like he is talking about a medical condition doesn’t he than about a peace solution to war.

Maybe Dr. M should heed his own advice and lay off some of the dark colour happy juice. Seems like the soft drink has made our ex-PM somewhat soft in the head. Yes, Coca Cola is an American company and our purchases of the product in turn gives the company profit which generates into taxable income taxes that is paid and used to finance the American government and its ministry. This war is between Israel and Palestine so what is it got to do with the US since Dr. M himself have said that this war has got nothing to do with race or religion. If that is the case then what does America wants from Palestine to get involve, not like that country is rich with natural resources for the US to plunder unlike Iraq.

Sharing Dr. M’s views is the Muslim Consumer Association which has since boycotted about 150 products from Jewish and American companies as a protest against the Israeli brutality. Always leave it to Malaysians to make a race and religion issue out of everything. The association’s secretary general Datuk Dr. Ma’amor Osman said, “The move was made because there were many times Israel was asked to respect a country’s principles and sovereignty by not acting in primitive ways. However, they have never given a positive response as America has always supported Israel’s insolence”.

There is rational in boycotting Israeli products but what logic is there in the boycott of American exports. Last I checked America has refused to get involve in this war. It is true that the US has always been a strong supporter of Israel but not this time. So how can a country be condemned for sitting on the fence and opting not to get involved??? Isn’t this the country’s sovereignty rights that the association is harping on??? Malaysia has never contributed anything in the peace process attempts so what right have we in passing judgement?!!! We should be the last country to open our mouths to criticize others.

In the past whenever America gets involved in other countries’ issues they were always criticized especially by our nation’s leaders and were even tag as a bully superpower country. Now the US chooses to be neutral and not involve itself they are also criticized by our leaders. So what the hell do we want them to do??? This also wrong, that also wrong. Guess there is truth in the saying that you’ll be damned if you do and damned if you don’t.

As a Malaysian citizen, I personally would prefer our country’s leaders to just shut up about other countries’ affairs that doesn’t concern or benefit us. There are more domestic issues for our Government to address their fullest attention to than being a busy body scrutinizing and criticizing others. If Malaysia wants to butt into other people’s business then make sure everything back home is fine and dandy first. It is typical Malaysian Government hypocrisy to condemn others when internally we are not so well off ourselves. Probably also a gimmick to shift attention away from the troubles here.

It is quite embarrassing to see our leaders’ continuous punt at other countries and act like the big brother of all Islamic countries. The real developed and rich Islamic countries like Dubai, Kuwait, just to name a few, are less animated than us. They couldn’t be bothered about it and to think geographically they are even closer to the war than we are. Our bitching mouthed leaders have really turned our country into the empty Coca Cola can that always makes the most noise.