Carter's hopes died when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and he ended up having to reverse policy and launch the military buildup that Reagan continued. Mr. Obama would be forced back into a war on terror if terrorist groups pull… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an uplift. But I did not find when I spoke to people that the war in Iraq was seen as the… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
The American people are extraordinarily comfortable, affluent, and secure. It's easy for us to make the argument that God's purpose is being fulfilled through… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
“The African villager with a solar powered smartphone has more access to more information than Louis XIV in the halls of Versailles.” — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
Carter's hopes died when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and he ended up having to reverse policy and launch the military buildup that Reagan… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
“Saying that Jesus was a moral teacher is like calling Winston Churchill a landscape painter; both statements are true (and Jesus was a much… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
When Edward Gibbon was writing about the fall of the Roman Empire in the late 18th century, he could argue that transportation hadn't changed… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
We Americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that's getting better and better. The rule of… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
There is not a great sense that the Americans know what they are doing, or are making much progress in Iraq. And there is… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
Unlike some, I don't claim to hold the mystic key to the future. But judging from past events, it seems to me that those… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
