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W. and the damage done

President Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America. As he exits, Salon consults experts in seven fields to try to assess the devastation.
By Vincent Rossmeier and Gabriel Winant

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 11:32 AM

    Creative Destruction - World War II

    was 'Creative Destruction'? We had to tear the industrialised world down so we could build it up again? We can't fight World War III. Churchill said the next great war would be fought with missiles and the one after with rocks. But you can count on a lot of violence from this depression. Pakistan was already sliding into chaos. Russia is looking unsteady and trigger happy. Which way China? I hope some people are wrong about some things.

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