Mahathir's Courageous Words.

The Prime Minister (PM) of Malaysia, Mahathir Muhammad, insists on not retracting his comments that he made in the United Nations (UN) against the Indian occupation of Kashmir. The world can learn a great deal from the example of the Malaysian PM's decision not to retract his words against India's treatment of Kashmir and Kashmiri people. The Indian state knows well that it offers one of the most thriving markets to the producers. India quite easily coerces countries to overlook its excesses in the occupied territories of Kashmir. But Malaysian PM is not another leader. And he's ready to face any consequence. It is such courage that, if the rest of the leaders of the world show, can force India to let Kashmiri people decide their fate.

And Mahathir Muhammad is not saying anything alien. He's asking the world that it should abide by the resolutions of the UN; otherwise, the body will have no purpose. The world needs to give a thought to the Malaysian leader's words. Moreover, without considering the cost and benefit analysis of India's boycott of its palm oil...