Mark Kirk: “there comes a time in international diplomacy when we set aside diplomatic language and speak the truth from the heart.…”

“there comes a time in international diplomacy when we set aside diplomatic language and speak the truth from the heart. Last week, Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhammad Mahathir took the coward's way out to blame his misrule on the Jews. He said, and I quote, ``The Europeans killed 6 million Jews out of 12 million, but today the Jews rule this world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them. They survived 2,000 years of pogroms not by hitting back but by thinking. They invented and successfully promoted human rights and democracy so that persecuting them would appear to be wrong, so that they may enjoy equal rights with others.'' Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister of Malaysia is an anti-Semite, a racist, and a bigot. He should not be welcome again in the United States. By following the path of Hitler and Stalin, the international community should work against Malaysian exports until this prime minister steps down.”