User blog comment:TheDoctor230/Oliver's Main Bad Guys/@comment-24152851-20170921061628/@comment-24152851-20170921105403

Ra's is just too lazy. He takes his time with everything and isn't concerned when something happens, so long as it eventually does. Guess you could call it an immortality complex. Malcolm managed to evade capture for 2 seasons simply because Ra's didn't care enough to invest all of their resources to hunting him down. Damien has far more experience than Malcolm, I mean the guy was selling nuclear weapons to the NAZIs right under Ra's nose.

Well you could say that they're only as powerful as who's in charge. The League actually got more done once Malcolm took over. But I heavily doubt the original Ra's would acted fast enough to stop Genesis. Keep in mind, without Oliver and Team Arrow constantly handicapping them, Damien could have orchestrated Genesis much faster.