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To: Vision Thing
59. Huan / Dispersion [Dissolution] When we are working at a task that affects the general welfare, we must leave all private friendships out of account. Only by rising above party interests can we achieve something decisive. He who has the courage thus to forego what is near wins what is afar. But in order to comprehend this standpoint, one must have a wide view of the interrelationships of life, such as only unusual men attain.
Would that the Kuwaitis had learned this lesson in the 1980's. They were wealthy, and ignored their poor brethren, who in turn turned on them and supported Saddam Hussein's invasion.
41 posted on 11/11/2007 4:52:32 PM PST by Hornitos
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To: Hornitos
They were wealthy, and ignored their poor brethren, who in turn turned on them and supported Saddam Hussein's invasion.

Those "poor brethren" were mostly Palestinians. When Kwuatis got their country back after the Gulf War, they deported most of them.

49 posted on 11/12/2007 8:54:30 PM PST by Tamar1973 (Riding the Korean Wave, one BYJ movie at a time! (http://www.byj.co.kr))
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