Political pygmy, military pigmy

田中角栄に向けてニクソン大統領が放った、ヤバい「差別発言」をご存じか？

現代ではありえない一言だった…

pygmy からすると「えええ」とか思うんだけど、politico　でも

Economic giant but political pygmy

Italy’s past is still preventing it from becoming a major political player in the Union. Kevin Woodfield explains whyITALY has received official confirmation that it is one of Europe’s leading economies, but it remains a political pygmy in the EU’s corridors of power.

May 20, 1998

A military pygmy or a sleeping giant?

In a back-handed compliment about the state of European defence, the then NATO secretary-general George Robertson famously described Europe as a “flabby giant”, rather than the mere military pygmy it was often thought to be.

BY ANDREW BEATTY

November 16, 2005 

イタリアやEUをpolitical pygmy military pygmy と言っている。1998年、2005年・・・・それほどうるさくなかったのか知らんが、侮蔑的な意味合いを含んでいるのかどうか・・・ネーティプに聞いてみないとなあ