Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad on Monday called for a global boycott of the US dollar and US-made products, including Coca-Cola, in protest over Washington's backing of Israel.
Mahathir, who during his two decades in power was a leading voice in the Muslim world, said people had to take action against the United States over its support for Israel, which is conducting a military offensive in Gaza.
"If you stop accepting US currency, the US can't trade and can't make any money, it will become very poor and it will have to stop the production of more and more weapons in order to kill people," he told a press conference.
"We should not be buying all these weapons from the US, we can buy from the Russians if we must have aeroplanes and things like that," he added.
"People must act... they won't die if they don't drink Coca-Cola."
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Good idea, too bad it came from such a nasty piece of work.
ReplyDeleteRemember 'ol Mahathir is the kind of guy that cooks up sodomy allegations in order to silence political rivals.
I wonder if the Russians would be happy being included in his caliphate idea either?
Here's to drinking locally!