Monday, March 01, 2010

It's That New Europe

For Orwellian Government Statement of the Month, allow me to nominate this gem from Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who warnedthat "the demilitarization of Europe -- where large swaths of the general public and political class are averse to military force and the risks that go with it [is] . . . an impediment to achieving real security and lasting peace in the 21st." So according to our Secretary of Defense -- itself an Orwellian title at this point -- the greatest danger to peace (not to mention America's ability to rule the world through mass invasions and occupations) is a desire on the part of Europeans to avoid war.

  Glenn Greenwald

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