Abdul Hakim's
response
to Paul Warren's
criticism
on Nik Aziz provides a good opportunity to explore the etiquette of public discussion in a multi-racial country.
Based on what
Najib Tun Razak
and
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
have said in their Heritage Foundation speeches, I agree that there is a 'double-talk' going on. There is a need to decode this conflicting behavior by Umno leaders - why do they work so hard to improve the US-Malaysia relationship on one hand, while being so critical of the US-led campaign against Iraq and Israeli oppression of the Palestinians on the other?