Ten years ago, then-US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld famously distinguished between “Old” and “New” Europe on the basis of their attitudes toward the United States and the war in Iraq. New Europe (at least its governments), understanding the need to exercise power, was from Mars, whereas Old Europe (with the main exception of Great Britain), having decayed into a culture of weakness, was from Venus.
十年前，时任美国国防部长的唐纳德·拉姆斯菲尔德（Donald Rumsfeld）根据对美国以及伊拉克战争的态度下了一个将欧洲分为“新”“旧”两块的著名论断。那些理解为何需要运用权力的新欧洲（至少是其政府）来自火星，而来自金星的旧欧洲（英国显然是例外）则堕落成为一种弱势文化。