If you believe an elected official or political appointee is prone to take rash decisions and in this case prone to almost infantile behaviour and have the opportunity to act as an "adult in the room" it is in the interests of your country - and therefore your duty - to fulfill that role.
No Government is about the whims of one person - even the President or Prime Minister; it is a collective decision making system. Sometimes a decision or a policy may be contrary to what you believe is the best path; other times 'your side' of the argument will win out. Sometimes it seems that for every step forward a Government takes it slips back half a step (particularly in Ukraine) but your duty is to 'keep buggering on' with hope and faith in the future. The only time you have a duty to quit and speak out is when an official is clearly acting illegally or instituting a criminal policy.
No Government is about the whims of one person - even the President or Prime Minister; it is a collective decision making system. Sometimes a decision or a policy may be contrary to what you believe is the best path; other times 'your side' of the argument will win out. Sometimes it seems that for every step forward a Government takes it slips back half a step (particularly in Ukraine) but your duty is to 'keep buggering on' with hope and faith in the future. The only time you have a duty to quit and speak out is when an official is clearly acting illegally or instituting a criminal policy.
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