> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Dan Minette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Friday, September 14, 2001 8:45 PM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: Retaliation RE: Attack
> > 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
That is spelled "The Netherlands"...
> could take on the army of Afganastan
...and that is spelled "Afghanistan"...
> and/or Iraq. Wow, I didn't know it was such an elite force.
You would be surprised to see what we are capable of.
I said that we would not need to drag NATO into it; that does not mean that
we would not, if necessary, ask other countries to provide support, for
example by asking for information from foreign Intelligence agencies.
BTW, we *have* dealt with acts of terrorism in this country before (in the
1970's); our forces did not need help from abroad to end those acts.
Jeroen
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