In Napoleon’s footsteps

Thursday, June 25, 2009
As a very significant footnote to Roedad Khan’s article “In Napoleon’s footsteps” I would like to add these oft-stated quotes attributed to Bonaparte: “Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet” and “Religion is what keeps the poor man from murdering the rich.” Keeping these quotes in mind, I think we can more cohesively re-interpret the religious rhetoric of Bonaparte quoted in Mr Khan’s article as being diplomacy and tact first, sincerity a feeble second. It also supports Mr Khan’s concluding remarks where he suggests the proper way to judge President Obama is in his deeds. The general public must stop falling for rhetorical banter, which any statesman of calibre (with a team of speech writers) can produce. However, this does not suggest Obama is necessarily a bad guy — it just says that adoration and adulation over words has no place in politics. Can we set aside our emotional responses to great speeches? Yes we can.

Jahanzaib Haque

Karachi

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