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Post by largeham on Dec 10, 2011 3:46:33 GMT -5
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Post by Armand Tanzarian on Dec 10, 2011 4:48:01 GMT -5
Good. Now if the Indonesians would turn around and maybe do the same to Timor Leste.
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Post by ltfred on Dec 10, 2011 8:16:37 GMT -5
Funny thing: Australia helped Indonesia gain independence, helped it win it's (comparatively easy) independence struggle. And then turned around and stopped East Timor and West Papua from winning theirs (oh, and we toppled the Indonesian government. Minor details).
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Post by scotsgit on Dec 11, 2011 3:01:30 GMT -5
The Dutch government are something of an oddity: A few years ago when a report showed that Dutch peacekeepers had done nothing to stop the genocide in Rwanda, the whole government resigned by way of apology. Can you see that happening anywhere else in the world?
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Post by Thejebusfire on Dec 11, 2011 3:08:16 GMT -5
The Dutch government are something of an oddity: A few years ago when a report showed that Dutch peacekeepers had done nothing to stop the genocide in Rwanda, the whole government resigned by way of apology. Can you see that happening anywhere else in the world? I wonder how people would react if that happened here in America. |
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Post by Wykked Wytch on Dec 11, 2011 3:16:02 GMT -5
The Dutch government are something of an oddity: A few years ago when a report showed that Dutch peacekeepers had done nothing to stop the genocide in Rwanda, the whole government resigned by way of apology. Can you see that happening anywhere else in the world? I wonder how people would react if that happened here in America. "Those bleeding-heart liberals are the worst leaders ever!" |
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Post by largeham on Dec 11, 2011 7:40:00 GMT -5
Good. Now if the Indonesians would turn around and maybe do the same to Timor Leste. I wish... The Dutch government are something of an oddity: A few years ago when a report showed that Dutch peacekeepers had done nothing to stop the genocide in Rwanda, the whole government resigned by way of apology. Can you see that happening anywhere else in the world? Weird. Fat lot of good it did for the Tutsis, but it's something. Also, wasn't it the Belgians who failed to do anything? |
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Post by discoberry on Dec 12, 2011 12:45:17 GMT -5
The Dutch government are something of an oddity: A few years ago when a report showed that Dutch peacekeepers had done nothing to stop the genocide in Rwanda, the whole government resigned by way of apology. Can you see that happening anywhere else in the world? It was the massacre at Srebrenica actually. The peacekeepers called for an airstrike, the gov't wouldn't allow it. And they resigned for like a day. |
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