While crossing over “red lines” to push a thermonuclear confrontation with Russia has been the mantra of the war party, apparently Denmark’s Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen finds this too wimpy, as even the mention of the existence of red lines is a mark of weakness. Speaking to Bloomberg TV today, she began: “The most important red line has been crossed already. And that was when the Russians entered Ukraine. So, I will not accept this premise, and I will never allow anyone from Russia to decide what is the right thing to do in NATO, in Europe or in Ukraine.”
Then she added: “There have been constant discussions about—are we allowed to give this?” This is Western indecisiveness on the supply of weapons. “I think that the restrictions on the use of weapons should be lifted.” Finally, the 46-year-old gave her punchline: “My suggestion is, let us end the discussion about red lines. It has been a mistake during this war to have a public discussion about red lines.” Doing so is “simply giving the Russians too good a card in their hands.”
