| NATO leaders agreed to appoint Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the new head of the alliance after Turkey dropped its objections on Saturday. Turkey had opposed Rasmussen's bid for the top NATO post, saying the Dane's unwillingness to suspend broadcasts from a Denmark-based Roj TV station linked to the terror organization PKK, and his stance during the 2006 crisis over a Danish newspapers publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, cast doubts over his ability to lead the alliance. The consensus process could sometimes be long and troubled, Gul said at a press conference after the summit, adding that the most important element in a defense cooperation organization was conformity. Gul also thanked U.S. President Barack Obama for his contributions to the issue and wished success to the Danish premier. According to media reports, Turkey had received "guarantees" from Obama that one of Rasmussen's deputies would be a Turk and that Turkish commanders would be present at the alliance's command. Rasmussen will also apologize to Muslim world for cartoon crisis and Roj TV will be closed, Hurriyet daily reported on Sunday. |
Obama the apologist strikes again.
Update: Danish cartoonist remains defiant
| But Mr Westergaard has decided that he will hide no more. "I am 73 years old," he says. "Most of my life is over. I am too old to be afraid. I have complete faith in PET [the Danish Secret Service]." Not only has he emerged from hiding but he has also gone on the offensive, contributing to a recently published Danish book. His latest cartoons are not as provocative as the Muhammad bomb but they satirise Islam and politicians who appease the mullahs. "It is the question of freedom of speech, freedom of expression," he says. "I think we are in a period in which this democratic value is under pressure, so it has to be defended." |
He doesn't realizes that it seems democratic values are also flexible in our leaders' minds.
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