Congrats to the Dutch!? You're kidding. :blink:
Seriously, we are stuck with a Prime Minister that looks like a grown-up version of Harry Potter. He's supposed to be an intellectual but it seems he never got down from his ivory tower. No apparent charisma, no backbone either.
Remember that the invasion of Iraq was not based on a UN resolution. Then our PM visited president Bush and the next day it was decided to send 1,000 troops to help the Americans in their occupation of Iraq. Not to do any actual fighting.
March of this year was simply the scheduled date for withdrawal of the troops. The Madrid bombings had nothing to do with this scheduled withdrawal. Our PM just made a nice compromise: send troops to show support for America so Dutch businesses will not be overlooked by the US. Have the US promise not to bring our troops in any real danger. Pull out the troops after a symbolic stay.
We in The Netherlands are not that brave at all. *cough* Srebrenica [hangs head in shame]
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