The American people are extraordinarily comfortable, affluent, and secure. It’s easy for — Walter Russell Mead
Carter’s hopes died when the soviet union invaded afghanistan and he ended up having to — Walter Russell Mead
It is a kind of ego booster, the way egypt’s winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an uplift. — Walter Russell Mead
Jordan is the only arab state that has provided citizenship to palestinian refugees and integrated them. — Walter Russell Mead
The arab states don’t seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure — Walter Russell Mead
There is not a great sense that the americans know what they are doing, or are making much progress in iraq. — Walter Russell Mead
This very individualistic form of protestant christianity that became so basic in english and — Walter Russell Mead
We americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that’s getting better and better. — Walter Russell Mead
When edward gibbon was writing about the fall of the roman empire in the late 18th century — Walter Russell Mead
You look at the steamboat, the railroad, the car, the airplane – not all of these were — Walter Russell Mead