Former NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen believes more global interventionism by the US is needed to achieve peace and prevent conflict. He says US needs to be “the world’s policeman” and criticizes outgoing President Obama for not having done enough.
The comments were delivered in an exclusive interview to Sky News, five days ahead of the US presidential election. Rasmussen, who headed the military alliance from 2009 to 2014, outlined his frustrations of serving during the Obama presidency.
“I think President Obama has been too reluctant to use military force or threaten to use military force to prevent conflicts in the world,” he said.
No matter who wins the White House, Rasmussen says the US has no choice either way but to continue down the path of interventionism. According to him, the above problems require “a world policeman to restore international law and order.”
“Superpowers don’t get to retire. Look around, you will see a world on fire. Syria torn by war and conflict. Iraq on the brink of collapse. Libya a failed state in North Africa. Russia attacking Ukraine and destabilizing Eastern Europe. China flexing its muscles, the rogue state North Korea threatening nuclear attacks.”
Former NATO chief Rasmussen wants US ‘to police the world’
Rasmussen went on to express fears over the possibility of a Donald Trump presidency, saying: “We don’t know what will be the concrete polices” of his administration, “but if his statements were to be taken at face value, I consider it could be very dangerous for the world.”
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