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Richard · 08-03-2010, 06:41

Guys,

All kidding aside - I spent quite a bit of time with the Dutch military and made many good friends there - they have issues like everyone and are also responsive to what sometimes seems to be the whims of their collective national will and political leadership, as do we - however, I would advise not under-estimating them when riled or, as was the case during WW2, occupied - they are proud, hard-headed, and fighters when stirred up, but otherwise I always found them to be a rather gregarious and magnaminous group of people as a whole.

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08-03-2010, 06:41	#12
Richard Quiet Professional Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NorCal Posts: 15,370	Guys, All kidding aside - I spent quite a bit of time with the Dutch military and made many good friends there - they have issues like everyone and are also responsive to what sometimes seems to be the whims of their collective national will and political leadership, as do we - however, I would advise not under-estimating them when riled or, as was the case during WW2, occupied - they are proud, hard-headed, and fighters when stirred up, but otherwise I always found them to be a rather gregarious and magnaminous group of people as a whole. Richard's $.02 __________________ “Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch) “Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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