Donald Rumsfeld Quotes About Today

Quotes about: Today

• 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

• I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Iraq, Use, Today

  "Rumsfeld: No World War III in Iraq". edition.cnn.com. November 15, 2002.

• It's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Government, Today, Secrecy

  "During Vietnam, Rumsfeld Criticized Administration For 'Credibility Gap'". The Chicago Tribune Interview, thinkprogress.org. April 13, 1966.

• 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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