Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen had lied and manipulated his nation into the illegal and unprovoked invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan and was scheduled to be appointed head of NATO as a reward for his loyal service to the Bush regime. The deal had been made behind the scenes and just had to be announced.
But Turkey wouldn't have it. For years the Kurdish TV station ROJ TV had broadcasted from Copenhagen. Turkey had tried many times to get them closed down but every time they were found to be obeying Danish law. They made it perfectly clear that they would veto Anders Fogh Rasmussen's appointment if he didn't close down ROJ TV.
Nothing was official yet and we will never know exactly what went on in the smoke-filled rooms. What we can know is that suddenly Danish authorities made a U-turn and revoked ROJ TV's broadcasting license for supporting le terrorists. Shortly after Anders Fogh Rasmussen was officially appointed head of NATO.
As a fun side note one of the most important events of Rasmussen's time in government is how he choreographed himself a principled freeze peach warrior during the Muhammed cartoon crisis, where international Muslim uproar over racist cartoons was used as ammunition in the far right's culture war. Racist harassment of a minority was protected by freeze peach, standing in the way of Rasmussen's career wasn't.
It's not like they haven't done it before.
Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen had lied and manipulated his nation into the illegal and unprovoked invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan and was scheduled to be appointed head of NATO as a reward for his loyal service to the Bush regime. The deal had been made behind the scenes and just had to be announced.
But Turkey wouldn't have it. For years the Kurdish TV station ROJ TV had broadcasted from Copenhagen. Turkey had tried many times to get them closed down but every time they were found to be obeying Danish law. They made it perfectly clear that they would veto Anders Fogh Rasmussen's appointment if he didn't close down ROJ TV.
Nothing was official yet and we will never know exactly what went on in the smoke-filled rooms. What we can know is that suddenly Danish authorities made a U-turn and revoked ROJ TV's broadcasting license for supporting le terrorists. Shortly after Anders Fogh Rasmussen was officially appointed head of NATO.
As a fun side note one of the most important events of Rasmussen's time in government is how he choreographed himself a principled freeze peach warrior during the Muhammed cartoon crisis, where international Muslim uproar over racist cartoons was used as ammunition in the far right's culture war. Racist harassment of a minority was protected by freeze peach, standing in the way of Rasmussen's career wasn't.