There is no doubt that Gus Dur’s lashing remarks have created a diplomatic mess as far as Singapore is concerned. Saying that our neighbors "just look after themselves" and "just look for… profits," not to mention lambasting their supposed attitude towards Malays, will not go down in history as a smart political move. Clearly the island nation is seeing us in a whole new light. Once again, words have proved to be a double-edged sword, a s