The craziest Muslim supremacist leader in the world, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, launched another utterly bizarre attack on “the European race” today. (Hat tip: the Viking.) Mahathir has done this before, but today’s speech was a true marvel of paranoid moonbattery.

The 77-year-old medical doctor, who has attained almost mythical status in this former British colony, predicted Thursday that he would be condemned as a racist [Naaaah!—ed.], but said he needed to warn his people that the Europeans wanted "to control the world again."

Spelling it out so there would be no mistaking his racial profiling, he said Europeans included "those who migrated and set up new nations in America, Australia and New Zealand."

At the same time he insisted: "I am not anti-European. I have many friends and acquaintances who are Europeans.

"They are very clever, brave and have an insatiable curiosity."

But "unfortunately they are also very greedy and like to take forcibly the territories and rights of other people."

In an obvious reference to the recent war on Iraq he said "they have demonstrated that they are ready to invent false allegations in order to go to war to kill children, old people, sick people" to achieve their objectives.

Europeans had "begun to invade and rule certain countries, ostensibly for their security but in fact to exploit the wealth in these countries," he said.

Mahathir, who heads a moderate Muslim government, said the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States were "an excuse for the Anglo Saxon Europeans to return to their old violent ways.

"Their strategy to fight terrorism is through attacking Muslim countries and Muslims, whether they are guilty or not." ...

Mahathir said Europeans also wanted to impose their cultural values on the world, including "unlimited freedom for the individual" and "the practice of free sex including sodomy as a right." [What about the whiskey?—ed.]

"Marriage between male and male, between female and female are officially recognised by them. What we call incest is not regarded as serious by them."

He said he was "embarrassed" to criticise Europeans, knowing that friendly countries would feel hurt, "but it is very important that we know this race ... because they will play a big role in our life and our race, our religion and our country."