Malaysia: Islam's leading "lead goose"
Tuesday, December 13, 2005 at 6:45PM ■"Our Friend in Malaysia (But Don't Say That Too Loudly Ö)," op-ed by Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal, 12 December 2005, p. A19.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is somebody I write about admiringly in BFA, citing Malaysia's growing role as role model to moderate Islamist states in the Gap, so much so that within a decade, I don't think you'll find any international expert who sees that country or that region belonging to anything but globalization's Functioning Core.
And this guy is a good friend to America, all right.
Think we won't win a Global War on Terrorism? Think again. Guys like Badawi will define the New Core in coming years, and the New Core will set the new rules in the GWOT, teaching us all a thing or two about tolerance, diversity, and just economic development.
He is one to watch.
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