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| Former NATO Chief: The United States Should Be the World's ‘Policeman' |
| 2016-10-01 |
| [Free Beacon] Anders Fogh Rasmussen was prime minister of Denmark from 2001 to 2009, and months later began serving as NATO secretary general until 2014. He is currently promoting his new book, The Will to Lead: America’s Indispensable Role in the Global Fight for Freedom. The Washington Free Beacon interviewed Mr. Rasmussen during a visit this week to Washington D.C. An entire book devoted to how and why the U.S. should assist Europe? Perhaps I'll see it at a garage sale. Washington Free Beacon: What motivated you to write The Will to Lead? Anders Fogh Rasmussen: Two things. First of all, I realized during my terms as prime minister of Denmark, and not least as secretary general of NATO, that we need more determined American global leadership. And secondly, something that’s even more personal. Right from my childhood, I have been very much engaged in the transatlantic relationship. So I’ve always had a strong interest in what’s going on in America. For these two reasons, even before I left my post as secretary general, I decided that once I was released from my duties I would spend time writing this book. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 Get the money up front this time. |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-10-01 13:19 |
| #10 Want us to come and kick the muzzies out of your country for you, Anders? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-10-01 12:28 |
| #9 Book them (EU) Donald. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-10-01 12:14 |
| #8 In the immortal words I heard from a good looking bar waitress, with the perfect British accent, to the jerks, "You (effn) piss off!" |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-10-01 12:09 |
| #7 ...So let me get this straight: no matter what we did during the cold war, we got bitched at (as one of our mods likes to say, "NATO allowed the Europeans to pick our pockets while complaining about the cut of our trousers'), and when we finally back off, NOW you figure out that as imperfect as we are, we were the ONLY things between you and chaos and now you want us cowboys back? Screw you, Anders. Rot in the holes you've dug. If US units ever come back to Europe, I hope it's behind a nuclear strike. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2016-10-01 10:30 |
| #6 EUrocrats want someone to clean all of the excrement clogged sewer lines, by hand, while they stand to one side with a perfumed cloth held over their easily offended nostrils. They will then complain that the job was substandard and refuse to pay for it. |
| Posted by: magpie 2016-10-01 09:31 |
| #5 They'd rather pretend that *evil* is "an alternative viewpoint" Unless its something believed and expounded by the 'deplorables', then its evil. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-10-01 09:28 |
| #4 Except, Anders, you people are not really looking for a policeman - you're looking for an attack dog to set on anybody (as long as they're not Islamic) who opposes your ideologically motivated Expansionism. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-10-01 04:47 |
| #3 I think we need a better arrangement. US takes out bad guys and others handle the peacekeeping. The US is awesome at taking them out but our political class hasn't the long range planning for the later. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-10-01 02:26 |
| #2 Sorry Anders, it's been nearly 100 years now. We're growing quite weary. You're just weary of us *pretending* to go-thru-the-motions. What's the point of being the most powerful nation on earth if we can't correct *evil* when it takes place? Oh, wait. That would require the liberals to even acknowledge that there is such a thing as *evil*. They'd rather pretend that *evil* is "an alternative viewpoint". |
| Posted by: Crusader 2016-10-01 01:59 |
| #1 Sorry Anders, it's been nearly 100 years now. We're growing quite weary. I believe it's referred to as 'donor fatigue.' |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-01 01:56 |