Seeking to Ease Worries, Obama Says the World Has Always Been ‘Messy’

[UpstateKate]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/30/us/politics/obama-decides-to-cut-short-trip-to-new-york-area.html?_r=0 or http://www.buzzfeed.com/passantino/obama-the-world-has-always-been-messy-were-just-noticing-now

Oy! I think I can see how the world could delude themselves into thinking there's peace and security. Here are a few choice quotes..."if you watch the nightly news, it feels like the world is falling apart … And I can see why a lot of folks are troubled.” “the truth of the matter is, is that the world has always been messy.” “In part, we’re just noticing now because of social media and our capacity to see in intimate detail the hardships that people are going through,” “I promise you things are much less dangerous now than they were 20 years ago, 25 years ago or 30 years ago,”.