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Skriven 2011-06-22 10:19:19 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
     Kommentar till en text av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
Ärende: Sissies
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Hello Robert,

On Thursday June 16 2011 21:13, you wrote to me:

 RB>>> The people who are able and willing to defend themselves.

 MV>> Only the strongest can defend himself.

 RB> No, only those willing to defend themselves.

One may be willing to defand oneself, but the reality is that the rabbit has no
defence against the lion.

Their is no way that The Netherlands can defend itself against a military
attack from - for exapmple - the US. The only way to not lose such a battle is
to avoid it in the first place.

 RB> Those who give up before they are even challenged are automatically
 RB> defeated.

Not if they manage to avoid the conflict in the first place. And I think we rae
doing quit well. When was the ;llast time Germany attacked France? Is that
likeley to happen in the next fifty years? Yo know it isn;t and the reason is
that a war between Germany and France is no longer an economical viable option.
The economies are so intwined that war is simply to expensive.

So when there is a conflict, we talk.

 MV>> If I have to choose between being a sissy or a war monger...

 RB> There is, naturally, a middle road.

of course there is. And we ARE walking the middle road. We had soldiers in
Iraq. We have soldiers in Afghanistan. The Dutch navy is patrolling the waters
near Somalia. Dutch F16s are patrolling Lybian air space.

But for Ross that is not enough. For him it is "if you are not with us, you are
against us".  So in that case, if I have to choose between a war monger in my
own mind ans a sissy in the mind of Ross, I choose to not be a war monger. And
if that means being a sissy in the mind of Ross, so be it.

 RB> But when it comes right down to it, you have to decide whether you
 RB> want to belong to the defeated or the victors.

No. In the end you will have to decide if you want to live in a world that is
ruled by the law of the jungle or if you want to live in a world where everyone
can live in peace.


Cheers, Michiel

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