Comments on: Iran’s Ceausescu Moment http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2009/06/29/irans-ceausescu-moment/ A Blog for the Environmentally Friendly Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:54:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: IrateDog http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2009/06/29/irans-ceausescu-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-164 IrateDog Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:06:13 +0000 http://www.whirledpeas.eu/?p=1060#comment-164 I agree with the comments from 'Hels'. It is often the case that leaders who are seen as dictatorial in nature today, were the result of public uprising. These leaders were the people's choice of progressive reformers. Unfortunately, Lord Acton's words continue to ring true; "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power will corrupt absolutely". This is the case of Ahmadinejad as it is with Zimbabwe's own Robert Mugabe. Both began their premierships with the views and natures that their people wanted for reform, but both it must be said seem to have been corrupted by their power. .-= IrateDog´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theiratedog/~3/D-G_ChWtarE/airports-moobs-and-king-henry-viii.html" rel="nofollow">Airports, moobs and King Henry VIII</a> =-. I agree with the comments from ‘Hels’. It is often the case that leaders who are seen as dictatorial in nature today, were the result of public uprising. These leaders were the people’s choice of progressive reformers. Unfortunately, Lord Acton’s words continue to ring true; “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power will corrupt absolutely”.

This is the case of Ahmadinejad as it is with Zimbabwe’s own Robert Mugabe. Both began their premierships with the views and natures that their people wanted for reform, but both it must be said seem to have been corrupted by their power.
.-= IrateDog´s last blog ..Airports, moobs and King Henry VIII =-.

]]> By: Hels http://www.whirledpeas.eu/2009/06/29/irans-ceausescu-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Hels Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:39:25 +0000 http://www.whirledpeas.eu/?p=1060#comment-144 Sometimes people start their political careers as progressive, moderates with good policies for internal development and with peaceful foreign policy ideals. Decades later, still in the same position of power, they may have become demented, maniacal, syphilitic or power-hungry. Whether the cause of the problem is organic or not, over time they became a danger to the community. But by then it was too late. Think of Nicolae Ceausescu who was, in the early days, a very popular figure for supporting the workers against both the capitalists and the Soviets. Idi Amin was warmly welcomed both within Uganda and by outsiders. He freed many political prisoners and truly believed in returning the country to democratic rule. Fidel Castro overthrew the disgusting Batista and offered his nation great hope for a moral, decent future. Unless you think these people were simply lying through their teeth early in their careers, you have to admit that something went seriously wrong _as a result of holiding on to power_. To make up my own expression, "having power for a short time corrupts for a short time; having power forever corrupts totally". .-= Hels´s last blog ..<a href="http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2009/07/medical-heritage-trail-university-of.html" rel="nofollow">Medical Heritage Trail: University of Sydney</a> =-. Sometimes people start their political careers as progressive, moderates with good policies for internal development and with peaceful foreign policy ideals. Decades later, still in the same position of power, they may have become demented, maniacal, syphilitic or power-hungry. Whether the cause of the problem is organic or not, over time they became a danger to the community. But by then it was too late.

Think of Nicolae Ceausescu who was, in the early days, a very popular figure for supporting the workers against both the capitalists and the Soviets. Idi Amin was warmly welcomed both within Uganda and by outsiders. He freed many political prisoners and truly believed in returning the country to democratic rule. Fidel Castro overthrew the disgusting Batista and offered his nation great hope for a moral, decent future.

Unless you think these people were simply lying through their teeth early in their careers, you have to admit that something went seriously wrong _as a result of holiding on to power_. To make up my own expression, “having power for a short time corrupts for a short time; having power forever corrupts totally”.
.-= Hels´s last blog ..Medical Heritage Trail: University of Sydney =-.

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