[knighthawk]

Wim Kok did not do 'the honourable thing', he took the path of the least resistance. The week after the cabinet fell, there would have been an debate about this, and Kok evaded that debate. May 15 there will be elections, and Kok knew the PvdA (socialists) will even lose more voters when the other parties tear him and the other PvdA ministers to shreds.

[knighthawk]

Ping

[knighthawk]

FYI

[Dragonfly]

BUMP

[mikenola]

It's a good thing the govt fell. If a right-of-center govt can take power, the Dutch can be a true leader in Europe. That means Dutch kids exiting university will actually have to *work* instead of living off their 'uitkering', while they "find themselves".

[Banat]

The "massacre" in Srebrenica is the biggest hoax of the 90s.

[Spar]

There are not enough words of praise I can bestow upon the Serbs for their liberation of Srebrenica.

[wimpycat]

This can't be from the "Guardian". You're obviously pulling our leg.

For when you are faced by killers, do-gooding no longer does good.

I'm still flabbergasted at how this got by the editors. Good article!

[xm177e2]

Wim Kok did not do 'the honourable thing', he took the path of the least resistance.

No. In a Parliamentary Democracy, when there is a large scandal, the government is supposed to resign.

[wimpycat]

Oh, by the way, I love your profile page. In return, let me just say, "Thank God for Rembrandt, van Gogh, Corrie ten Boom, tulips, Heineken and Johan Cruyff."

[McGavin999]

A rare crystal clarity and emerges from the muck of the Guardian, how odd.

I loved the bit about everyone calling the Americans "cowboys" when we answer their call for help.

[bjcintennessee]

I am adamantly opposed to our military ever taking orders from the UN. But then, I am adamantly against the UN.

Unlike the debacle in Viet Nam, the U.S.'s military leaders today have an over-all plan before sending our troops anywhere. Those plans include the needed support to complete their objective with a minimum of loss of life to our troops. Those plans also include an exit strategy that attempts to avoid protracted presence once the objective has been accomplished.

The UN doesn't have a clue, or a plan, and could care less about the welfare of their "peace-keepers" (unless they are Arab). The Dutch got a raw deal, as the UN didn't send them in with sufficient force or back-up to attain the goal they had been given.

It is the UN that should withdraw from the field, or at least offer an apology!!