"J. van Baardwijk" wrote:
>
> At 23:20 12-9-01 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> Tonight on the evening news, our Minister of Defense said that this
> decision should be seen as a signal to the US that we are on the same side.
> He said that it does *not* mean that we will beforehand provide troops and
> weapons for America's war against terrorism. In his own words: "that will
> be a separate decision".
>
> The Prime Minister said he does not think The Netherlands will be dragged
> along in the spiral of violence.
>
> The leader of the Green Left expressed concern that NATO's decision will
> lead to terrorist attacks in The Netherlands.
Why?
Seriously.. if I were going to pick a NATO country to attack, why on
earth would I pick .nl?[0]
-j-
[0] other than, of course, its not an obvious target and most people in
the US (my main enemy) couldn't find it on a map
