...Donald Rumsfeld outraged his ostensible allies when he derided opposition to the Iraq War by saying, "You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe .. .The center of gravity is shifting to the east." But his flippancy hid a serious point. I come just...

...deutlichsten wurde die Dringlichkeit jedoch in der Absolven5 „Now, you're thinking of Europe as Geruiany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe. If...today, the center of gravity is shifting to the east." Donald Rumsfeld. 22.1.2003 (United States Department of Defense 2003). 1 46 Henrike Viehrig tenansprache...

...European countries, including his own, Rumsfeld replied: "You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I think that's old Europe. If you look at the entire...today, the center of gravity is shifting to the east." Rumsfeld's distinction between the traditionally dominant powers of western Europe and the nations...

...than fice months, Turmng on European allies who refused to hack the war, he scoffedi "You're thinkmg of Europe as Germany and France, I don't, I think that's old Europe," When Americans failed to find the promised weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, he hreezily assertedi...