With Friends Like These ...

With "friends" like these, who needs enemies. Fits rightly on the "advisors" of His Enlightened Moderation. Ayesha Siddiqa rightly points out the perils of throwing one's lot with sychophants.

Unfortunately, the problem with sycophancy is that it completely blurs the vision and does not allow a person to visualise the emerging threats. Past dictators were equally intelligent. But they also missed out on numerous warning signs once they gathered sycophants around themselves. The private admiration club takes away the ability of a leader to see which direction the wind is blowing.