Lo schiaffo morale di Condoleeza

Da una segnalazione di 1972

«In each case, the Bush Administration is seeking to tilt the balance of power towards freedom. Contrast this with the EU, fêting Robert Mugabe, withdrawing its support from anti-Castro dissidents, seeking accommodation with the Iranian ayatollahs. When Europeans talk of "stability" and "constructive engagement", what they often mean is doing deals with dictators. A case can, of course, be made for such an approach. But, whatever else it is, it is not ethical. Miss Rice, by contrast, talks without embarrassment about exporting liberty. "There cannot be an absence of moral content in American foreign policy," she says. "Europeans giggle at this, but we are not European, we are American, and we have different principles."» Leggi.