Evil flourishes when good men do nothing

I wanted to quote British philosopher, Edmund Burke, to whom it is attributed, “Evil flourishes when good men do nothing”

Iran has seen off Alexander the Great, and Genghis Khan… and to paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen to Dan Quayle during the 1988 vice-presidential debate, “Mr President, you’re no Genghis Khan”… Iran, and very likely this regime itself, will see out Trump. Indeed, now almost certainly emboldened towards achieving nuclear status. An entirely backward step by Trump.

Admittedly, I had to look it up as this wasn’t Burke’s actual quote, which was:
“When bad men combine, the good must associate, else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle”

“The good must associate”. In modern parlance this means quite simply, the international community calling Trump out. For instance I believe an immediate reversal of the decision for King Charles to conduct a State visit this month.

Our King, like Queen Elizabeth before him, is actually one of the world’s great natural diplomats. I do not believe Trump warrants diplomacy at this juncture. He warrants international condemnation.

#Trump #KingCharles #Iran #Civilisation

Author: Damian Merciar

Damian Merciar is Managing Director of Merciar Business Consulting, http://www.merciar.com, a niche business economics consultancy founded in 1998. He has over twenty years experience in the areas of commercial Business Strategy. He is experienced in the transition environments of nationalized to private sector state utilities and the senior practice of commercial management, advisorial consultancy, and implementation. He has carried out policy advisory work for government ministries and been an adviser to institutional bodies proposing changes to government. He holds an MSc Economics from the University of Surrey’s leading Economics department and an MBA from the University of Kent. Also attending the leading University in the Middle East, studying International Relations and Language, for which he won a competitive international scholarship, and has a BA (Hons) in Economic History and Political Economy from the University of Portsmouth. He is currently based in London. View all posts by Damian Merciar