Chitchat It Makes Perfect Sense that Generals Become Ministers

[scroobal]

Agree. He spent 25 years building a nation and the next 25 years dismantling it by the choice of his appontments.

Old man was a good leader, he had the good luck of having a team of honorable and capable men around him. His greatest mistake was his fear of losing power after he had acquired it. He forgot we are supposed to be a democracy. He forgot the country does not belong to him and his family alone. Hence, his survival and the survival of the PAP became paramount, regardless of how ensuring their survival could be destructive to the country.

 

[batman1]

Retrenched Generals must undergo an e2i re-training course before they can be released into the job market.

 

[dr.wailing]

His greatest mistake was his fear of losing power after he had acquired it. He forgot we are supposed to be a democracy. He forgot the country does not belong to him and his family alone.

You're confusing the fear of losing power with the greed for absolute power.

In Old Fart's case, he craved absolute power and his tyrannical actions proved it. Like you said, he claimed for his own family absolute rule over Zikapore......He didn't forget.....

 

[glockman]

You're confusing the fear of losing power with the greed for absolute power.

In Old Fart's case, he craved absolute power and his tyrannical actions proved it. Like you said, he claimed for his own family absolute rule over Zikapore......He didn't forget.....

Fear of losing power and greed for absolute power are two sides of the same coin.

And you're probably right, he didn't forget.

 

[bobby]

Fear of losing power and greed for absolute power are two sides of the same coin.

And you're probably right, he didn't forget.

A coin in the pocket of a dictator.....