[Vnbiz] Doing politics in the Vietnamese spirit

[Tran Dinh Hoanh]

Dear CACC,

I have just had a long talk with a younger professional who asks me
for advice on Vietnam politics.  I though I should share with you, the
younger intellectuals, what I have just shared with my friend.  So
here it is.

1.  Today, too many people still have the slave mentality of
worshiping their great white fathers.  This mentality goes back to the
time of the French, the Vatican, the American.  Today, such mentality
is still prevalent.  For people with such mentality, Washington DC or
Paris or Rome some western capitals are where the power of Vietnam
reside.

2.  In the same vein, there are idiots in foreign countries (such as
in Washington DC) who will always want to mess around with our
country, just because they can do that and get away with it.

3.  There are people who continue to fight the old war that was
supposed to be over in 1975 and they will do the fight under any kind
of pretext, from human rights to democracy to religious freedom.

Avoid these people and avoid becoming one of them.  If you are not
vigilant, you can be bought much easier than you think.

We have to do politics within this fundamental principle:  All
Vietnamese are brothers and sisters.  We do not do politics as
enemies.  If we compete, that is friendly competition between
brothers/sisters.

No political systems, no political theories, no political principles
are as important as the idea that all Vietnamese are brothers and
sisters.

And the Vietnamese have to act as honorable Vietnamese.  Don't kiss
foreign ass while trying to beat upon your brothers and sisters.

Have as many friends around the world as possible.  But treat them as
equal friends, not as the great white fathers, especially when you
attempt to beat upon your bothers and sisters.  That is simply he`n
ha.

That would be my advice.  If we stay faithful to these principle, we
will bring our country to greatness.  And we will bring our country to
greatness. Trust me.

Have a great day!

Hoanh

-- 
Tran Dinh Hoanh, LLB, JD
Washington DC