Mahathir's crass remarks not helping multi-religious Malaysia

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Malaysia has taken the right and proper stance on the recent killings in Nice, France. The statement by Wisma Putra was well-crafted, advocating a stance that redeems Malaysia and consonant with global outrage.The same can't be said of Dr Mahathir Mohamad's ill-conceived comments that have tarnished Malaysia's "moderate" image abroad. As usual, he claims his remarks were read out of context. It is always other people's fault.It was the same old story in 1979 when he suggested a "shoot on sight" strategy to stop the Vietnamese boat people. Then, he claimed he meant "shoo", not "shoot".That is classic Mahathir who can't avoid conflict, controversy, and confusion because he once claimed to be "the devil you know", and we know what the devil is like.The Memali incident, codenamed "Operasi Hapus" on Nov…