The unspoken truth is often the harshest...

Suhaini Aznam's analysis speaks for all of us not at the UMNO assembly. The things we want to say about the things that were not said! So much for being 'glocal'.

"Even as the economy was the main concern over the four days, not one delegate chose to laud (or deride) the de-pegging and its potential effects on Malaysian businesses, in particular Malay business, big or small. The bumi entrepreneur, whom everyone was ostensibly championing, was left scratching his head by the wayside."

"The second London failed-attack took place on July 21, midway through the assembly. Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh resort was hit two days later – significant in that Egypt is considered the model of Islamic moderation.
Malaysia, too, is a moderate Islamic country. Yet among delegates, the bombings received only passing mention. Delegates, pressmen and self-important observers waltzed in and out of the Putra World Trade Centre with only their tags.[...]
Cosy in their Malay cocoons, the spectre of universal terrorism seemed to totally escape the 2,500 delegates."