I cannot agree more with Wang Kok's view o­n o­nn Yeoh's Transitions blog.

It started off well enough with well-balanced and researched comments o­n a variety of issues touching o­n our everyday life. Yeoh came across as an articulate, well-rounded and even wise man - strong in his beliefs and convictions.

However things began to take a turn for the worse when his strong pro-war stance was questioned by malaysiakini's readers. Suffice to say, his replies became increasingly poor and almost American-like in its arrogance and know-it-all attitude.

I believe though he has come to realise his 'overzealousness' and his latest blog seems to indicate that he will go back to his strengths as it were and let the pro-war discussions drop at least for the time being.

However, his last words o­n this issue were grossly oversimplisitic and did not do justice to the many views and words spoken o­n this issue including his own, when he says that the acid test is whether the US will reconstruct and rehabilitate Iraq or turn it instead into Exxonland after the war.