The centre cannot hold ....

The seige of Mumbai is terrible. We must pray for the rest of the hostages' safety. And the situation in Thailand is not getting any better. I am reminded again of Yeat's "The Second Coming":

Turning and turning in the widening gyre,
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Where is the world heading?