Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Prof Dame Mary Beard - Tyranny and democracy

I post this more than anything to show how Mrs. Beard and I completely agree and concur--as to Trump's being most like, if anyone, the emperor Eleogabalas, and what the relevant quote from Tacitus is to describe what the Powers That Are have done to Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and the Yemen. Bitterly, soberly, distinctly: They create a Desert and call it Peace.

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