Why America Must Lead|5 Minute Video
The world is on fire. As Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Denmark’s former Prime Minister and NATO’s previous Secretary General explains, only the United States. Read Prime Minister Rasmussen’s book, “The Will to Lead”: http://l.prageru.com/2m9O2az
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Script:
The world is on fire. While in Eastern Europe, a resurgent Russia has seized Ukrainian territory by force of arms. There is just one nation in the world capable of putting out these fires.
That country is, of course, the United States.
Lots of Americans will argue, not surprisingly, that this is not fair. It may not be fair. It is a reality.
Just America has the diplomatic reach, the financial resources, and the firepower to lead the complimentary world versus the autocrats, rogue states and terrorists that are attempting to overwhelm it.
As the Prime Minister of Denmark from 2001 to 2009, and the secretary-general of NATO from 2009 to 2014, I understand how crucial American leadership is. I’ve seen firsthand what happens when America tries to lead from behind rather of leading from the front.
A case in point:
Russia illegally annexed Crimea in March 2014– the very first gunpoint land grab in Europe considering that the end of World War II.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called it an “amazing act of hostility.” He went on, “You simply do not, in the twenty-first century, act in nineteenth-century style by getting into another country on a completely trumped-up pretext.”
This might be an exceptional declaration of principle, but as a guide to policy, it is dangerously ignorant, since whether it was believable or not, it occurred.
The first half of the twentieth century was the bloodiest in human history. That was before America ended up being a worldwide superpower. Considering that America’s ascendancy, the major world powers have existed together in relative peace. Now that peace is threatened, and America needs to advance again. Basically, no one else can do it.
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Read Prime Minister Rasmussen’s book, “The Will to Lead”: http://l.prageru.com/2m9O2az
Sign up now to get all our videos as soon as they’re released. That was before America ended up being a worldwide superpower. Considering that America’s ascendancy, the significant world powers have actually coexisted in relative peace. Now that peace is threatened, and America should step forward once again.
