The call by Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad for Muslim countries to unite against Israel deserves critical debate. Has Malaysia not had enough domestic problems? Why become a busybody in the faraway and turbulent Middle East ?

What if MIC president S Samy Vellu decides to call for worldwide Tamil unity to support Tamil Tigers and to go against the government of Sri Lanka? What if MCA president Dr Ling Liong Sik also calls for global Chinese solidarity to support China's disputes with the United States? Malaysia will then be a launchpad for almost all the world's major conflicts!

Malaysians will then be divided and forced to take sides for some causes not existent in Malaysia. There will be no more Malaysia but mini-Middle East, mini-China, mini-India and mini-US in a piece of land located between the Kingdom of Thailand and the Republic of Singapore.