Rumsfeld ‘Too Old’ to Regret ‘Old Europe’ Jab
Declaring himself “too old to have regrets,” Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told journalists in Munich, Germany, that he wasn’t sorry he called France and Germany “old Europe.”
He said he had not intended to denigrate the nations and had been trying to draw distinctions between “old NATO,” with its membership of 19 countries, and “new NATO,” which would add seven more, most of them in Eastern Europe.
Asked whether he felt bad about what he said, Rumsfeld replied, “No, I don’t regret it. I’m too old to have regrets.”
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