The wheel of fortune is turning


Who will fortune favour? Ahmad Zahid (left) might find himself facing competition from a revived Najib if luck is in the latter’s corner. — Filepics/The Star

“... AND we know that there can never be a firm friendship between man and man or a real community between different states unless there is a conviction of honesty on both sides and a certain like-mindedness in other respects; for if people think differently, they will act divergently,” Athenian historian and general Thucydides discussing the 5th century war between Sparta and Athens in his History of the Peloponnesian War.

The quote reminded me of the political drama behind former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s “house arrest” addendum. By now, Najib should know which of his friends is not a real friend.

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