At 11:01 AM 9/12/01 +0200 Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM wrote:
>> I find it astonishing that _even you_ would make your first statement
>> after this massacre be critical of our response.
>
>No, I was critical of you advocating taking revenge by killing thousands,
>maybe millions of innocent people in a nuclear attack.
I've been burned on this once already, Jeroen - you are neglecting the
possibility of low-yield tactical nuclear weapons.
In the case of an isolated, purely military target (say the equivalent of a
military base in Nevada - which probably does not mean much to you, but
most Americans will recognize it as an incredibly isolated place) a nuclear
response might be considered.
>I know emotions run rampant in the US right now, so I am going to cut you an
>awful lot of slack. Nevertheless, statements like yours scare the hell out
>me, and make me hope that the US is not run by people like you. The last
>thing this world need is some hothead who decides to launch a few nuclear
>missiles, and possibly start World War III.
World War III? Not particularly likely. There is no one out there
capable of engaging in a World War with the United States. This War will
be something completely different.
>That scares me even more. I agree that whoever is responsible for this must
>be punished; I can even imagine that the US will declare war on the country
>that is behind this. But the way you put it, you do not just want the US to
>take revenge, you want to drag the whole world into war with you.
Indeed we do.
The President put it very succinctly - this was an attack on freedom
itself. Note, not just the United States, but freedom itself.
And today, NATO agreed as all member countries unanimously consented to the
first-ever activation of Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty. Like it
or not, Jeroen, but the Netherlands are now at war alongside the United
States.
JDG
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