Who’s to Blame for a World in Flames?

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Published on: October 6, 2014

The Lost Generation

Who’s to Blame for a World in Flames? Walter Russell Mead

People like to blame their current statesmen when the world takes a nasty turn. But this global meltdown has its roots with the generation of leaders at the helm in the wake of the collapse of communism.

We are coming up on November 9 to the 25^th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the post-Cold War era has not lived up to our hopes. Tokyo and Beijing are rattling their sabers, Russia is on the march in Ukraine as Russian agents spew disinformation around the world once again, Europe is a mess, Africa has Ebola, and the Middle East is aflame. It's natural to blame President Obama and his Western colleagues for the current mess, and those who don't blame the current crop of officeholders often look to blame George W. Bush. It's true...

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