"We are muddled into war"

David Lloyd George, a British statesman who worked as the Prime Minister throughout the First World War, made the declaration "We are muddled into war" which was a reflection of the confusion and unpredictability that resulted in the outbreak of the war. He was suggesting that the leaders of the European nations were not intentional in their actions which resulted in the conflict. Rather, they had actually been swept up by various domestic obstacles, political competitions, and a general sense of insecurity that had actually pestered Europe. The quote highlights the absence of clarity, insight, and planning that characterized the diplomacy of the era, and how it ultimately led to a global disaster.