White House insider relies on aid of 'allies' - The Washington Times: World - November 17, 2004

White House insider relies on aid of 'allies' - The Washington Times: World - November 17, 2004:

Condi Rice's View of Allies:

"She spelled out her definition of a true friend: a country that does not 'put a check' on American power but stands firmly with the United States in its effort to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction and other modern ills.
'Why would anyone who shares the values of freedom seek to put a check on those values?' Miss Rice asked, adding that Europe and democracies worldwide should follow Washington's lead instead of trying to balance it with competing policies.
'Power in the service of freedom is to be welcomed, and powers that share a commitment to freedom can and must make common cause against freedom's enemies,' she said in the June 2003 speech.
Miss Rice, who is one of Mr. Bush's confidants, dismissed a vision of 'multipolarity' advanced by French President Jacques Chirac and others, calling it 'a theory of rivalry, of competing interests,' which 'only the enemies of freedom would cheer.'
'We have tried this before,' she said. 'It led to the Great War, which cascaded into the Good War, which gave way to the Cold War. Today, this theory of rivalry threatens to divert us from meeting the great tasks before us.' "

In a nutshell:

A famous phrase that was attributed to Miss Rice last year: "Punish France, ignore Germany and forgive Russia."