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| Taliban congratulates Netherlands for pulling soldiers out of Afghanistan |
| 2010-07-30 |
| The Taliban has congratulated the Netherlands for plans to pull its soldiers out of Afghanistan this weekend. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #8 Where there is no vision the people perish. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-07-30 12:11 |
| #7 We've seen this before -- Srebrenica, as I recall ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-07-30 12:04 |
| #6 Currently their government coalition formation is in chaos, with no real leadership. So the pullout is probably based more than anything else on budgeted money running out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Dutch_cabinet_formation This is doing much to reinforce the idea that the Dutch are as stubborn as they come. He is a stubborn Dutch guy I'm always in my coveralls Even at the shopping mall He is a stubborn Dutch guy It does not matter what I say Nobody listens anyway He is a stubborn Dutch guy What, what, what, what? I cannot hear you A stubborn Dutch guy. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-07-30 10:12 |
| #5 Perhaps the Democrats could congratulate the French and the Spanish for their decision to distinguish themselves by sitting there and just watching their doodles dangle as well. And alQaeda THANKS them very much. Remember when the Democrats were saying the war in Iraq couldnt possibly be won and we should all RUN! RUN! Hide ! Flee? Rumsfeld is gone. He fought. Bush is gone. He fought. Obama got in because everybody knows he will fire anybody who can fight. And the American people are getting what they wanted, right? If we just hide over here and keep real quiet like little mice maybe the big bad Mooselimbs will go away? C.O.W.A.R.D.I.C.E. is a common trait with a lot of people in suits. Go for a walk on the street and count the Obama stickers on the cars. |
| Posted by: Jealet 2010-07-30 08:51 |
| #4 Up Tails All. |
| Posted by: Omailet 2010-07-30 08:33 |
| #3 Looks like the troopies have the stones. The government doesn't. But rank-and-file soldiers are angry over the retreat, according to Jan Kleian, president of the Dutch military trade union. "They are not happy to leave. They want to finish what they started. The mission is not completed," he said. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-07-30 08:11 |
| #2 Taliban congratulates Netherlands for pulling soldiers out of Afghanistan I'd take that as the insult it was intended to be. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-07-30 02:13 |
| #1 Interesting. The Dutch fought in the Waffen-SS until the bitter end. Guess the older generation was tougher? |
| Posted by: borgboy 2010-07-30 00:37 |