tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post52649762943085473..comments2024-02-14T22:57:55.638-05:00Comments on The Cross of Laeken: The Trials of Leopold IIIUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-34663326926727379512014-02-06T02:30:28.700-05:002014-02-06T02:30:28.700-05:00All good points, especially about the support for ...All good points, especially about the support for Leopold "evaporating." Yes, I think if anything evaporated it was merely the impression that he would be able to come back and resume his reign in peace. Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-39278764413703135322014-02-06T02:13:25.946-05:002014-02-06T02:13:25.946-05:00I am often frustrated by people posing the hypothe...I am often frustrated by people posing the hypothetical question of 'what to do with an inept king' when an inept public is much more likely and much harder to change. <br /><br />I don't think the support for King Leopold 'evaporated', rather that faction that had opposed him all along simply decided to throw a tantrum and use force and the threat of force to get their way while the silent majority stayed at home in shock. <br /><br />The case of King Leopold is also another example of a fact I often find myself repeating that a monarch can be benevolent, responsible, make the correct decisions at every step and yet still not succeed if he (or she) is surrounded by dishonest and disloyal people. I have to believe that 'one good man' is enough, but others have to be willing to follow that one good man.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.com