The editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal had an op-ed piece that gave me pause, even coming from that newspaper. It was "The United States Must Be the World's Policeman' by one Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (Note the operative word 'must.')   Rasmussen is no impartial observer on such matters. He is a former prime minister of Denmark and for five years Secretary General of NATO. He is part of the European elite. In his WSJ piece, this Dane goes through the usual litany of why the world needs shelter under the wing of the America eagle. Interestingly, he does this without even a mention of the cost to the U.S. for playing such a role. But let's allow that slight go for now. Although he writes in global terms, Rasmussen real concern is for Europe which he believes needs the U.S. to defend it from Russia as the European Union countries are, as he puts it, too weak, divided,...(Read Full Post)