Ma's muddled thinking bewildering - TW

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Contrary to his image as a humble and gentle politician, Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (???) has made some unbelievably absurd comments since the presidential election. Could they be related to the pan-blue's election failure? After all, Ma served as the campaign chief for the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)-People First Party (PFP) alliance. How else could these remarks be explained?

In a city government meeting on disaster relief on Monday, Ma reminded city officials and military personnel to prepare for a Chinese military invasion. He seems to believe that tensions across the Taiwan Strait still exist and that Taipei, especially the Chungchen and Hsinyi districts, would be the primary targets of a Chinese attack in case of war.

Then, in a newspaper article published yesterday, Ma wrote that he had opposed the central government telling the public that holding a referendum and enacting a new constitution are universal values, as well as ways to love Taiwan and support democracy. In his article, Ma stressed that "Taiwan indepen-dence, referendums and writing a new constitution" have gradually evolved into a new holy trinity -- an infallible moral cult that cannot be challenged.

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