Donald Rumsfeld in Hopes and Prospects

On Foreign Policy: OpEd: New Europe takes orders from US; Old Europe disagrees

A 2003 escapade is one of the clearest examples on record of contempt for democracy: Donald Rumsfeld's distinction between "Old Europe" and "New Europe," taken up by many others. The criterion distinguishing the two categories was sharp and clear. "Old Europe" consisted of the governments that followed the will of the overwhelming majority of their populations and refused to join the Bush-Blair invasion of Iraq. "New Europe" consisted of the governments that ignored an even larger majority of the population and took their orders from Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas. Therefore "Old Europe" was bitterly condemned (including "freedom fries" in the Senate cafeteria), and "New Europe" was hailed as the hope for democracy. The favorite democrats of New Europe were Italy's Berlusconi, honored with visit to the White House, and Spain's Aznar, who was even invited to the summit to join Bush & Blair in announcing the war--with the support of 2% of the Spanish population, polls showed. Source: Hopes and Prospects, by Noam Chomsky, p. 43-44 Jun 1, 2010

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