Some brown men's hero

Courtesy AIDC

Malott. For the goals that he continues to help his political friends from the Pakatan Rakyat score against the Malaysian government, John R. Malott, who is more effective now than he ever was as ambassador of the US to Malaysia in 1995-98, should be appointed the chief striker for the Opposition.

His "open letter" to PM Najib, for example, is fast being turned into a handbook that every PR player must know by heart (and post on his blog). Pro-Umno Blogger Big Dog thinks the Opposition is politically bankrupt for fielding Malott, but one can also see how practical these guys are. Like Singapore: if you don;t have the players, import them. Malott may be a little flabby and old to make his own home team, but over here his dribbling skills can still impress the native players and his set-pieces do produce the desired goals. And you can see he's enjoying it, basking in the Third World sunshine.

But if Malott's really that good, he should be writing to his own President, Mr Barrack Obama, and use his vast experience to help the White House with the ways of running the country and managing its economy and finance, especially the mounting debts.

How much is it that your country owe, Mr Malott?

And for the free and fair elections that you think Malaysia needed, perhaps Malott has forgotten the improprieties and the mess that the 2000 US presidential election created. How bersih was that election of yours, Mr Malott? Because of that incident, George Bush Jr became President of the USA and we all paid for your mistake. Some, in fact many in the Muslim world during America's War on Terror, paid with their lives. 

Since you are in love with the indelible ink, dear Malott, why not make it mandatory for the US and the other advanced countries to use it?

And while you're happily attacking the Malaysian government for hanging on to the Internal Security Act, Mr Malott, could you please tell us what you think of your own Patriot Act? You for it? Against it? It does not matter to me whether you support or oppose it, but will you tell your people back home and that President of yours to get rid of the Patriot Act? Many foreigners have been detained under that Act. 

Now that would be really something, Mr Malott, if you can just do that.  

But of course you can't do it. Or you won't. When it's your own kind and country, you close your eyes and your mind to the wrongs and wrongdoings. Or you try to justify them.

In any case, who'd listen to John R. Malott back home, huh?

Thats' right ... Nobody.

Here in Malaysia, you are Malott, that former ambassador from the US.Here, there are still brown men who idolize you, ape whatever you say and kiss the ground you walk. 

Here and perhaps nowhere else.

p.s. I hope Information Minister Rais Yatim, is not overly impressed with Mr Malott. In his letter's 4 demands, he used RTM and Bernama to illustrate just how corrupt UMNO was supposed to be. These two media organisations are under your Ministry, so please do defend them. Don't go after bloggers only.