Nothing Rumsfield could say would make the Europeans love the U. S. or the Bush administration! They hate us until they need us. Then they tolerate us.
NOT true, Doug. They liberated us, they fed us, they supported us when edifying a new economy, and they stood by our side ready to defend us in case of attack.
But is it friendship to applaud a friend's faults? Real friendship is to tell your friend where you think he is wrong, and to prevent him from obnoxious doings.

Wilfried