----- Original Message -----
From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: Retaliation RE: Attack
> At 19:02 13-9-01 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
>
> >I do, however, have a few more questions for you:
> >
> >1) Do you think that the Netherlands should fulfill its obligations under
> >the North Atlantic Treaty? If "no", please provide a detailed
explanation.
>
> Yes. It signed the Treaty, so it should abide by its rules. I must point
> out however (again) that the attack on the US was an act of terrorism, not
> an act of war. It is therefore none of NATO's concern.
>
>
> >2) What do you think the reaction of the Netherlands would be, if after
the
> >Netherlands was attacked, it then invoked Article V with the unanmious
> >consent of the North Atlantic Council, and was then told by the United
> >States that the US will not provide troops or weapons for the defence of
> >the Netherlands?
>
> This is irrelevant. No country has performed an act of war against The
> Netherlands, so there is no reason for us to invoke Article V. In the case
> of a military strike, yes, we would be furious if the US would give your
> response after Article V was invoked. The relationship between our
> countries is, however, such that this will not happen. In the case of a
> terrorist attack, we will be quite able to deal with it without dragging
> NATO into it.
>
>
The government of the Neatherlands could take on the army of Afganastan
and/or Iraq. Wow, I didn't know it was such an elite force.
Dan M.
