A European Leader with Moral Clarity

These seem to be pretty rare. Just as the EU is instructing European embassies in Cuba to shut their doors to Cuban dissidents, its very refreshing to hear the Danish PM repudiate the endemic populist anti-semitism among the European establishment.

Rasmussen was challenged over his support for the US and asked why Iraq was attacked for violating UN Security Council resolutions while Israel was able to do so with impunity.

Rasmussen, whose country began a two-year rotating stint on the Security Council on January 1, said that whereas Israel was not completely implementing all the Security Council resolutions, 'it is not run by a dictator without a conscience, and that is an essential difference.'

'Moreover,' he said, 'Israel is surrounded by enemies that want to throw it into the sea, and we should recognize that it has a special history. Israel must use somewhat tough measures to defend itself. (from Jerusalem Post)