[Vnbiz] Doing politics in the Vietnamese spirit

[Tran Ba Thien]

Hi brother Hoanh,

good idea
Tran Ba Thien
tranbathien at gmail.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tran Dinh Hoanh" <tdhoanh at gmail.com>
To: <vnbiz at vietlinks.net>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 11:16 AM
Subject: [Vnbiz] Doing politics in the Vietnamese spirit


>[ Vietnam Business Forum ]
> 
> 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
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