"It is only the USA itself that can and shall handle the current situation." "It is not surprising that the diplomatic commentaries about the actual situation primarily come from countries such as Iran, Russia and China, which are in intense conflicts with the USA. That fire shall Denmark not stoke."
Kristian Madsen is a political commentator who wrote PR for the former Social Democrat chairwoman, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, before she became prime minister. He recently compared Kofod's lack of critique of Denmark's key ally with SD leadership's reaction during the US's aggressive war against Southeast Asians. No commentany criticism would aid the then Soviet Union.
It is one thing to dismiss these "scoundrel" states as some US and Danish politicians call Iran, Russia and China, yet Kofod also ignores Western allies that criticize the US for its brutality against not only black people, and protestors generally, but also against media workers covering protests.
Germany's Secretary of State Heiko Maas criticized the US for not supporting journalists on the job. He called the peaceful protests "more than legitimate", and called on US police departments and government to protect journalists covering them. Germans from Deutsche Welle (DW) media were among those shot at with rubber bullets in Minneapolis while reporting live. Police forced them to stop filming.
The same occurred to an Australian TV crew attacked by police with rubber bullets in Washington DC. A policeman is filmed hitting the camera man with a baton in his stomach making him keel over while holding fast to his expensive equipment. The always-faithful US supporter Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, though, lashed out at this brutality and called on the US to protect freedom of the press.
Germany's PM Angela Merkel and PM Britain's Boris Johnson also made critical comments about these attacks on journalists.
The only sign of inadvertent "concern" emanating from the Danish government was its signing of a mild statement made by the 57-member Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The OSCE wrote, "We are concerned about incidents and attacks by police and demonstrators against journalists and media workers"the role of a free press must be safeguarded at all times and journalists must be free to report without facing violence, arrest or intimidation."
Kofod still will not speak to the media but he wrote a statement: "The OSCE is the right forum" for any statement concerning the United States-demonstrations-media. "The statement also expressed trust that American officials will provide for the rule of law."
The matter of police brutality "shall not be a foreign policy battleground", Kofod concluded.
In a June 9 commentary, Kristian Madsen wrote that Denmark's secretary of state "often decays to diplomacy's empty phrases [who] risks becoming an indifferent speaking suit."
I could imagine that if Joe Biden becomes the next United States president as the lesser of two evils, he might appoint an avid supporter of Denmark's Social Democrats to a cabinet post, perhaps even Secretary of State. I hope my coverage of Social Democratic anti-socialist and US-servile Danish governments can enlighten readers, some of whom might just explain reality to Bernie Sanders.
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