Comments for AMBASSADOR JAMES KEITH http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:57:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Broadening and Deepening the U.S.-Malaysia Bilateral Relationship by Malaysian2 http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/broadening-and-deepening-the-u-s-malaysia-bilateral-relationship/#comment-84 Malaysian2 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:57:32 +0000 http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/?p=305#comment-84 It is good to have friends. And it is better to win enemies over. It is good to have friends. And it is better to win enemies over.

]]> Comment on “New Beginnings:” U.S. Relations with Malaysia and the Muslim World by Zaid Hamzah http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/new-beginnings-u-s-relations-with-malaysia-and-the-muslim-world/#comment-74 Zaid Hamzah Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:01:14 +0000 http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/?p=193#comment-74 Greetings Ambassador Keith, I am a Fulbrighter and now General Counsel (Research & Intellectual Capital) at one of the local universities in Malaysia. President Obama's outreach in his Cairo speech represents a fundamental shift in strategic US thinking vis-a-vis the Muslim world. While there will always be some sceptics whose minds cannot be changed, my sense is that this new initiative has been welcomed by the majority of Muslims worldwide (including myself ). From a historical perspective, the President's Cairo outreach is a watershed event. We now have a major strategic opportunity for America and the Muslim world to start afresh. Malaysia is uniquely positioned to partner America in this new quest to reach out to the Muslim community. While there will always be differences on some foreign policy issues (eg the Middle East) between Malaysia and the US, we can focus on the deeper techno-economic opportunity for both Malaysia and the US to collaborate & jointly help transform the Muslim world into successful economies. I am a firm believer that when the Muslim world succeeds economically, when there is peace and a sense of comfort, religious extremism or worse blatant terrorism will find it hard to find a place in Muslim worldview. Malaysia today is the most competitive Muslim majority country in the world today (number 21 on the global ranking, World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index). Malaysia is also the most advanced developing economies and trying to move up the economic value chain to be the first developed Muslim-majority country. Malaysian economic success, I hope, could inspire other Muslim countries to adopt the same economic model. By partnering with the US, Malaysian institutions of higher learning, for example, can share our global best practices that I hope can be nuanced with an Islamic angle. For such a positioning to come from a country like Malaysia, I think the response from the less developed Muslim-majority economies would be good. I plan to write to you to explore possible strategic collaboration with the US through the US Embassy, to find a win-win model as part of our joint outreach to the other less developed Muslim majority countries like Indonesia. In the true ASEAN spirit, we should also involve the Muslim minority communities from Thailand and the Philippines. I am optimistic that we can seize this historic opportunity for Malaysia to support the US in this new nuanced approach to the Muslim world. Malaysia wants to move up the value chain and US industry certainly can play a role to accelerate our growth trajectory. The US, in turn, wants to redefine its relationship with the Muslim world in a way that would help strengthen economic development and promote world security. I wish the US and the Embassy the best in its endeavours. Greetings Ambassador Keith,

I am a Fulbrighter and now General Counsel (Research & Intellectual Capital) at one of the local universities in Malaysia.

President Obama’s outreach in his Cairo speech represents a fundamental shift in strategic US thinking vis-a-vis the Muslim world. While there will always be some sceptics whose minds cannot be changed, my sense is that this new initiative has been welcomed by the majority of Muslims worldwide (including myself ).

From a historical perspective, the President’s Cairo outreach is a watershed event. We now have a major strategic opportunity for America and the Muslim world to start afresh.

Malaysia is uniquely positioned to partner America in this new quest to reach out to the Muslim community. While there will always be differences on some foreign policy issues (eg the Middle East) between Malaysia and the US, we can focus on the deeper techno-economic opportunity for both Malaysia and the US to collaborate & jointly help transform the Muslim world into successful economies.

I am a firm believer that when the Muslim world succeeds economically, when there is peace and a sense of comfort, religious extremism or worse blatant terrorism will find it hard to find a place in Muslim worldview.

Malaysia today is the most competitive Muslim majority country in the world today (number 21 on the global ranking, World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index). Malaysia is also the most advanced developing economies and trying to move up the economic value chain to be the first developed Muslim-majority country.

Malaysian economic success, I hope, could inspire other Muslim countries to adopt the same economic model. By partnering with the US, Malaysian institutions of higher learning, for example, can share our global best practices that I hope can be nuanced with an Islamic angle. For such a positioning to come from a country like Malaysia, I think the response from the less developed Muslim-majority economies would be good.

I plan to write to you to explore possible strategic collaboration with the US through the US Embassy, to find a win-win model as part of our joint outreach to the other less developed Muslim majority countries like Indonesia. In the true ASEAN spirit, we should also involve the Muslim minority communities from Thailand and the Philippines.

I am optimistic that we can seize this historic opportunity for Malaysia to support the US in this new nuanced approach to the Muslim world. Malaysia wants to move up the value chain and US industry certainly can play a role to accelerate our growth trajectory. The US, in turn, wants to redefine its relationship with the Muslim world in a way that would help strengthen economic development and promote world security.

I wish the US and the Embassy the best in its endeavours.

]]> Comment on 2009 Hari Merdeka Message from U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia by PENA MINANG http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/2009-hari-merdeka-message-from-u-s-ambassador-to-malaysia/#comment-73 PENA MINANG Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:40:25 +0000 http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/?p=254#comment-73 Thanks....I hope our country relationship become more strongger compare to few years during Bush administration Thanks….I hope our country relationship become more strongger compare to few years during Bush administration

]]> Comment on A New Era of Engagement by Faisal http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/a-new-era-of-engagement/#comment-68 Faisal Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:42:33 +0000 http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/?p=211#comment-68 Sounds good! Sounds good!

]]> Comment on “New Beginnings:” U.S. Relations with Malaysia and the Muslim World by One Malaysian http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/new-beginnings-u-s-relations-with-malaysia-and-the-muslim-world/#comment-67 One Malaysian Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:15:55 +0000 http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/?p=193#comment-67 Dear Mr Ambassador, Hello. I shall be studying in your country soon which means that I shall be going to your embassy to have a visa interview. Though I know about your country through the mass media, now I have the chance to know U.S.A. personally if my visa interview turns out to be successful. This visit is a miracle. As an ordinary Malaysian, I do not wish to see conflicts. However, conflicts are a result of humans' weaknesses. There will always be conflicts but it is up to us to control them so that they do not go out of hand. I wish the best for your and my countries and may God Blesses this world. Dear Mr Ambassador,
Hello. I shall be studying in your country soon which means that I shall be going to your embassy to have a visa interview. Though I know about your country through the mass media, now I have the chance to know U.S.A. personally if my visa interview turns out to be successful. This visit is a miracle. As an ordinary Malaysian, I do not wish to see conflicts. However, conflicts are a result of humans’ weaknesses. There will always be conflicts but it is up to us to control them so that they do not go out of hand. I wish the best for your and my countries and may God Blesses this world.

]]> Comment on Welcome to My Blog by Adam http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/welcome-to-my-blog/#comment-50 Adam Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:01:16 +0000 http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/?p=159#comment-50 Dear mr Ambassador, Welcome to Malaysia and congratulations on the launching of this blogsite. I think it's not too late to wish you and all fellow Americans a Happy Independence Day. May you live forever in peace and spread love and peace to the world. Our world knows the US from 3 main things which I plainly put it from your brands of product, your entertainment industry and your war towards certain parts of the world. Who doesn't know about Coca-Cola or McDonalds or Madonna or Micheal Jackson (RIP), Paris Hilton and then there was war, Hiroshima Nagasaki, Vietnam, Iraq. These are all have bad connotation with them, bad food, bad morals and bad attitude towards other people. The current Malaysian administration is having a similar problem. People's perception. We need to educate the people and the world by being their friends and hopefully once we know each other better we will then put aside our differences and find the common ground. I would suggest the US embassy to work closely with as many groups and individuals as possible including the religous group on creating programs, events, retreats, exchange program which will enhance better understanding towards each other. Sekianm terima kasih Adam Dear mr Ambassador,

Welcome to Malaysia and congratulations on the launching of this blogsite. I think it’s not too late to wish you and all fellow Americans a Happy Independence Day. May you live forever in peace and spread love and peace to the world.

Our world knows the US from 3 main things which I plainly put it from your brands of product, your entertainment industry and your war towards certain parts of the world.

Who doesn’t know about Coca-Cola or McDonalds or Madonna or Micheal Jackson (RIP), Paris Hilton and then there was war, Hiroshima Nagasaki, Vietnam, Iraq. These are all have bad connotation with them, bad food, bad morals and bad attitude towards other people.

The current Malaysian administration is having a similar problem. People’s perception. We need to educate the people and the world by being their friends and hopefully once we know each other better we will then put aside our differences and find the common ground.

I would suggest the US embassy to work closely with as many groups and individuals as possible including the religous group on creating programs, events, retreats, exchange program which will enhance better understanding towards each other.

Sekianm terima kasih

Adam

]]> Comment on “New Beginnings:” U.S. Relations with Malaysia and the Muslim World by Wenger Khairy http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/new-beginnings-u-s-relations-with-malaysia-and-the-muslim-world/#comment-36 Wenger Khairy Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:56:02 +0000 http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/?p=193#comment-36 Dear Arasu, What you are saying is obfuscating the facts. The Indian community is being given chances but they choose to celebrate the wrong kind of struggle, for example the struggle for Kugan and for Indian schools. The biggest issue holding the Indian community is the lack of dignity. Dignity means we take pride in our selves and in our country and behave in a manner that will be a credit to ourselves and to our nation. It also means that we be willing to also work hard. Why not you take some time to learn from the Americans and their can do spirit. Individually and collectively, if Malaysians adopt some of the work ethics and desire for excellence that has set America apart from the Rest of the World, the whole country can progress. Today you have a chance to air your views to the Ambassador of the United States. Imagine if another Malaysian were to read what you wrote. What would they think? I can guarantee you they will not be not be pleased at all. Wenger Khairy Dear Arasu,
What you are saying is obfuscating the facts. The Indian community is being given chances but they choose to celebrate the wrong kind of struggle, for example the struggle for Kugan and for Indian schools.

The biggest issue holding the Indian community is the lack of dignity. Dignity means we take pride in our selves and in our country and behave in a manner that will be a credit to ourselves and to our nation.

It also means that we be willing to also work hard. Why not you take some time to learn from the Americans and their can do spirit. Individually and collectively, if Malaysians adopt some of the work ethics and desire for excellence that has set America apart from the Rest of the World, the whole country can progress.

Today you have a chance to air your views to the Ambassador of the United States. Imagine if another Malaysian were to read what you wrote. What would they think?

I can guarantee you they will not be not be pleased at all.

Wenger Khairy

]]> Comment on Welcome to My Blog by yusoffAbdullah http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/welcome-to-my-blog/#comment-35 yusoffAbdullah Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:23:31 +0000 http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/?p=159#comment-35 Dear Mr Ambassador Welcome to Malaysia.We hope your stint here would be enjoyable and great.Please vist our beaches and the islands and the villages.Please go to Sabah and Sarawak esp look at the tropical forest, mountains and caves.They are equally awesome as the ones found in the US. We like America and the people We have children educated in America and we have been going to the States whenever possible.. In Kalamazoo MI where our daughter once stayed, the neighbours were all excited about Malaysia. These people to people interactions must be promoted so that more Americans will undersatand Malaysia Malaysia and the US have a lot in common brgds Yusoff A Dear Mr Ambassador

Welcome to Malaysia.We hope your stint here would be enjoyable and great.Please vist our beaches and the islands and the villages.Please go to Sabah and Sarawak esp look at the tropical forest, mountains and caves.They are equally awesome as the ones found in the US.
We like America and the people
We have children educated in America and we have been going to the States whenever possible.. In Kalamazoo MI where our daughter once stayed, the neighbours were all excited about Malaysia.
These people to people interactions must be promoted so that more Americans will undersatand Malaysia
Malaysia and the US have a lot in common

brgds
Yusoff A

]]> Comment on “New Beginnings:” U.S. Relations with Malaysia and the Muslim World by Wenger J Khairy http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/new-beginnings-u-s-relations-with-malaysia-and-the-muslim-world/#comment-31 Wenger J Khairy Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:50:01 +0000 http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/?p=193#comment-31 Dear Mr. Ambassador, First, I would like to welcome you to blogosphere. It’s interesting that the Palestinian conflict should be given so much prominence when discussing US-Malaysia relations. And why is that? Is it that Malaysians are by and large the humane sort that shudder and are repulsed by the images of war and loss of life in the occupied territories. Then why does the state oil company has such a big presence in the Sudan? I don’t know. I posed the questions to my readers in one of my earlier blogs, when the Boycott USA campaign was being launched by a particular political leader. To me the relations between Malaysia and the United States of America is much larger than the issues of Palestine. Hundreds of thousands of Malaysians are employed in US companies, millions of households enjoy watching American television and a couple of us, myself included, speculate heavily on the Dow Jones. You should read my article on the Boeing Corporation Geopolitical issues are often hijacked by those with vested interest, who use the opportunity to embellish their Muslim credentials. Of course, they fail to communicate the fact that even the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has and still continues to purchase arms from American firms. So Mr. Ambassador, the question is, do you seek input from those whose views are coloured by what they hear from politicians? After all, by and large they are the Malaysian majority, because as you probably know, Malaysians don’t like to read too much. PS: I actually like W. Dear Mr. Ambassador,
First, I would like to welcome you to blogosphere. It’s interesting that the Palestinian conflict should be given so much prominence when discussing US-Malaysia relations.
And why is that? Is it that Malaysians are by and large the humane sort that shudder and are repulsed by the images of war and loss of life in the occupied territories. Then why does the state oil company has such a big presence in the Sudan?
I don’t know. I posed the questions to my readers in one of my earlier blogs, when the Boycott USA campaign was being launched by a particular political leader.
To me the relations between Malaysia and the United States of America is much larger than the issues of Palestine. Hundreds of thousands of Malaysians are employed in US companies, millions of households enjoy watching American television and a couple of us, myself included, speculate heavily on the Dow Jones. You should read my article on the Boeing Corporation
Geopolitical issues are often hijacked by those with vested interest, who use the opportunity to embellish their Muslim credentials. Of course, they fail to communicate the fact that even the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has and still continues to purchase arms from American firms.
So Mr. Ambassador, the question is, do you seek input from those whose views are coloured by what they hear from politicians? After all, by and large they are the Malaysian majority, because as you probably know, Malaysians don’t like to read too much.
PS: I actually like W.

]]> Comment on “New Beginnings:” U.S. Relations with Malaysia and the Muslim World by Pierre Boulanger http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/new-beginnings-u-s-relations-with-malaysia-and-the-muslim-world/#comment-30 Pierre Boulanger Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:47:30 +0000 http://lrckualalumpurblog.wordpress.com/?p=193#comment-30 Dear Sir, right now Israel has imprisoned one of your former lawmakers and how about it? No one in the US political field or in the US media is concerned about this? How come? Why is it that the US is completely enslaved by Israel? Please regain your freedom to pursue your OWN interests! "Former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney, who is in an Israeli jail for trying to take humanitarian aid to Gaza, says the White House has done nothing to secure her release. Speaking to Press TV from inside the Israeli jail, she said US taxpayers paid for Israel's 22-day war on the Gaza Strip. “Operation Cast Lead was made possible by the US taxpayers' gift to the Israeli war machine in the form of F16s, helicopters gunship, white phosphorous, depleted uranium, cluster bombs and anything that kills," she told Press TV from inside the Israeli jail on Saturday. " Dear Sir,

right now Israel has imprisoned one of your former lawmakers and how about it? No one in the US political field or in the US media is concerned about this? How come? Why is it that the US is completely enslaved by Israel? Please regain your freedom to pursue your OWN interests!

“Former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney, who is in an Israeli jail for trying to take humanitarian aid to Gaza, says the White House has done nothing to secure her release.

Speaking to Press TV from inside the Israeli jail, she said US taxpayers paid for Israel’s 22-day war on the Gaza Strip.

“Operation Cast Lead was made possible by the US taxpayers’ gift to the Israeli war machine in the form of F16s, helicopters gunship, white phosphorous, depleted uranium, cluster bombs and anything that kills,” she told Press TV from inside the Israeli jail on Saturday. “

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