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Skriven 2011-05-01 07:53:26 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
  Kommentar till text 17733 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: Generalizations
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Ward Dossche wrote to Robert Bashe on Sunday May 01 2011 at 00:28:

RB>> You confuse "excuse" with "reason". The Dutch were apparently also
RB>> confused on this point in places like Srebrenica. That was mass
RB>> murder.

RB>> How many of the Dutch force there - drinking Slivovic with Mladic -
RB>> are now in prison? Is "none" a good guess?

WD> There were no Dutch forces in Srebrenica...

Then the history books must have things all mixed up, and the hue and cry this
affair generated in the Netherlands was totally unjustified.

WD> I've 2 relatives who took 2 tours of duty as UN peacekeepers in the
WD> former Yugoslavia and it isn't as easy and clearcut as you try to make
WD> it sound.

Interesting to hear that - now you know how I feel when Bjorn starts in on one
of his anti-USA rants. Which was also the reason I wrote as I did above - just
to show Michiel that nothing is as easy and clearcut as he seems to think with
respect to American actions. Criticism is perfectly acceptable, but once that's
said, continuing regular hate rants without end - particularly when none of us
are in a position to change anything, certainly not in the past - is just plain
bigotry.

Cheers, Bob

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