Sunday, January 17, 2021

One might question.......................

................................the entire notion of "control":

 Every day, facts on the grounds were outpacing political leaders struggling to adjust to a reality that seemed increasingly beyond their control.

-Peter Baker and Susan Glasser,  The Man Who Ran Washington:  The Life and Times of James A. Baker III.   The "facts on the grounds" were occurring in the fall of 1989 — the coming re-unification of East and West Germany, an event which no smart people predicted, or even anticipated.

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