Donald Rumsfeld Quotes About Nato

Quotes about: Nato

• You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Thinking, Europe, Germany

  "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 20, 2005.

• You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe. If you look at the entire NATO Europe today, the center of gravity is shifting to the east. And there are a lot of new members. And if you just take the list of all the members of NATO and all of those who have been invited in recently -- what is it? Twenty-six, something like that? -- you're right. Germany has been a problem, and France has been a problem.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Thinking, Europe, Twenties

  Briefing at Foreign Press Center, Washington, D.C., 22 Jan. 2003

• NATO member states vary dramatically in their capability and in their political steadfastness.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Political, States, Members

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• When I served as US Ambassador to NATO in the 1970s, the center of gravity in Europe was France and Germany.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Europe, Germany, Ambassadors

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• In 2003, at the time I made my "Old Europe" comment, the center of gravity in NATO and Europe had long since shifted to the East. With the former Warsaw Pact countries joining NATO, the alliance has a different mix today. Some people were sensitive about my comment because they thought it was a pejorative way of highlighting demographic realities. Apparently they felt it pointed a white light at a weakness in Europe - an aging population. Europe has come some distance since World War II in becoming Europe.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Country, War, Distance

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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