Robert Ellis
(International Advisor at the Research Institute for European and Studies in Athens)
Copyright: @ 2025 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr)
Publication date: 27 May 2025
Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies
Edmund Burke is often quoted for saying “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”, but Martin Luther King said much the same thing: “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people”.
By the same token, to ignore the Russan invasion of Ukraine and suffering of the people of Gaza is a crime of omission.
Mike Waltz as national security adviser was a member of the Trump administration that understood the reality of war but was ousted because of Signal-gate. President Trump’s own military record is inglorious. During the Vietnam war he received four draft deferments because of college and after graduation a medical certificate for bad feet.... Read more
