Malaysian conspiracy nut asks for ban on US dollar and UK Pound

The name Mahathir Mohamad might sound familiar to you. In 2003, while he was still prime minister of Malaysia, dropped this paranoid verbal bomb on the world:

The Europeans killed 6 million Jews out of 12 million, but today the Jews rule the world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them.

Well, let's not be too hard on this guy--at least he admits there was a holocaust. Still, Mahathir has been proven wrong on the last point, Jews are fighting and dying in Lebanon fighting terrorists. As for "ruling the world by proxy," it seems based on this Tehran Times story, that may not be true either.

Here's what Mahathir said a couple of days ago:

I appeal to the world to take this simple action. Reject the dollars and pounds. There will be economic turmoil for the whole world but this is a price we must be prepared to pay, it will be temporary.

Because of American and British support for Israel's invasion of southern Lebanon, the former prime minister wants to punish the US and the UK.

But if the Jews really rule the world by proxy, then punishing Britain and America isn't be necessary.

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