Bremer – “Nice Little Country You Got There, Balkenende – Shame If Anything Happened to It…”
‘A decision not to send more troops in Afghanistan would be damaging for Dutch interests in the US, former American diplomat Paul Bremer III warned on Monday….
Acknowledging Dutch politicians must weigh all the considerations, he said question marks would be raised on the US side about Nato if the mission doesn’t go ahead. “What is Nato all about if our allies are not prepared to stand should-to
to-shoulder with us?”….Consequences would be unavoidable if the Dutch does not send the troops. “Time and time again decisions must be taken by the US government, by Congress, that influence Dutch economic interests. It is not difficult to imagine decisions could be taken that would not be in the interests of the Netherlands,” Bremer said.
Let the fucker threaten. It’ll mean the Balkenende government, with all it’s whited sepulchres like Rita Verdonk, will fall.
This is not a bad thing, IMO.
