 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Hurumende yeUnited States yakamboshoropodza hurumende yeMalaysia nekuita ISA, uye Mahathir haana kuzeza kunongedzera kuUnited States kururamisa zviito zvake. Achitaura nezvokusungwa zvisiri pamutemo pasina kutongwa kwevasungwa vezvematongerwe enyika muMalaysia, akati: Zvakaitika muUnited States zvakaratidza kuti pane dzimwe nguva apo masimba chaiwo anofanira kushandiswa kuti vanhu vadzivirirwe nokuda kwezvakanaka. Muna 2003, Mahathir akataura kuNon-Aligned Movement muKuala Lumpur. Akapomera nyika dzokuMadokero naIsraeri nokuda kwokuwedzera kwenyika yose muugandanga: Kana vanhu vasina mhaka vakafa mukurwiswa kweAfghanistan uye avo vave vachifa nokushayikwa kwezvokudya nokutarisirwa kwokurapa muIraq vachirangarirwa sevanotsigira, ko 3.000 vakafa muNew York uye 200 muBaliuyewo zvinongova zvivimbiso izvo kufa kwazvo kunodikanwa kuti mabasa abudirire here? Akatiwo: Kana tikafunga nezvemakore akapfuura, hapana kutyisidzira kwakarongwa kunze kweEurope kusvikira vanhu vokuEurope nevaJudha vagadzira nyika yevaJudha munyika yePalestine. Kumhanara kwakaitwa muna 2003 neDare reU.S. House Committee on International Relations yava kunzi House Committee on Foreign Affairs reU.S. House Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific kunopfupikisa ukama huri pakati peUnited States neMalaysia sezvinotevera: Pasinei zvapo nokutaura kworuzhinji kusingafadzi uye kusingadzorwi dzimwe nguva kwaMutungamiriri weHurumende Mahathir, kubatana kweU.S. neMalaysia kune chinyorwa chakasimba muminda yakasiyana-siyana yakadai sedzidzo, kutengeserana, ukama hwechiuto, uye kurwisa ugandanga. 