Friday, October 30, 2009

A great statesman

Guess who is the great statesman?
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5 comments:

Vincent Sear said...

Oxford English Dictionary:

legend (n.): traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated; a myth.

legendary (adj.): of or connected with legends.

October 30, 2009 8:23 PM
Anonymous said...

Let me guess... Obama! I don't see any other great statesman ;)

October 30, 2009 8:44 PM
Anonymous said...

Who is great?
Let the historian do the job.

October 30, 2009 11:13 PM
C H Yak said...

Both are great stateman.

One who tries to perpetuate a expensive one-party political machinery which supports the view that a two-party or multi-party democracy seldom works in Asia.

We have an elder matured statesman but an immatured political system and electorate.

Last year, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was quoted to have commented on the United States presidential election: The opposition party campaigns on the message of Change": Change, change, change. Never mind change to what just change ... The new government comes in on that message and then they start to think change to what.

The other is an iconic and great stateman - someone much younger and yet he is the leader of a matured political system and electorate which practises the Western definition of true democracy.

We have at least seen great "changes" being implemented in the US although the long-term benefits are yet to be realised.

The irony is our great and older stateman is calling on the energetic younger statemen not to let his nation lose its influence and grip in Asia. But should he do so by supporting true demoncracy or to support one-party political systems in Asia.

It would be great to hear both great statemen argue it out.

October 31, 2009 12:11 PM
Anonymous said...

There is a chinese saying of "yi lao mai lao".

Old statesman trying to give lecture to young statesman based on his experience of managing a small island state?

Perhaps old statesman should ask to be paid 50 times lesser than young statesman for managing just one small state?

November 02, 2009 1:46 PM

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