In the early sixties, communists dominated the politics of singapore. Lee was smart. He cooperated with the leftists before he was in power. But after gaining power, he put the leftists in the jail.
The foolish communists, thinking that Lee was their best friend, were played out. But looking at what had happened to the communist rules in China, North Korea, Vietnam and Cambodia, it is a blessing in disquise that communism was rooted out by Lee kuan yew. Otherwise Singaporeans would suffer the same fate as the Chinese in the cultural revolution. Perhaps, the western leaders respect Lee for the very reason that he played out the communists.
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