LKY's BIGGEST regret should be his failure in 1963-65 in taking political power beyond Singapore's shores to become the PM of Malaysia.
1. His incursion into Malaysian Politics via the setup of the DAP spearheaded by his sidekick; Devan Nair- crashed and burned!
2. The dangling of his 'Malaysian Malaysia' carrot to rouse support from the Malaysian Chinese FIZZLED out.
3. He underestimated the Malay Politician's IQ levels in NOT realising his 'secret agenda' until it was too late.
We now all know how S'pore got unceremoniously KICKED OUT and S'poreans celebrate this every year with their 'goodie bags'. On every Aug 9, LKY is forever reminded on what could have been if he had played his cards a little differently.