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[-] Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago

Dutch guy here. We had our own 9/11 event when Russians shot MH17 out of the air which contained 200 Dutch people. You know what we did? We prosecuted those responsible (in absentia) and they will be arrested once they enter Dutch soil. No kids were harmed in the process (apart from those on the plane). Israel’s response of collective punishment is bad shit crazy!

[-] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

We prosecuted those responsible (in absentia) and they will be arrested once they enter Dutch soil.

Sounds like you did absolutely nothing

[-] Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

First, do no harm? What benefit did the US enjoy from attacking Afghanistan?

[-] Enoril@jlai.lu 14 points 9 months ago

In EU, we know the cost of any wars and the fact creating a new circle of violence doesn't resolve anything.

We don’t have one village without a monument commemorating the dead people from the past wars. Everybody have at least a family member who fight or died because of a war... Just go one or two generations in the past (in my case my grandmother lost 2 sisters in WW2, my grandfather was captured and sent in acamp for 2 years and managed to escape and walk back to south of France. My other grandfather family moved to France because of Franco repression in Spain, another cycle of violence...)

All my ancestors have fought for the land i'm currently on during thousand of years... We have thousand of years of war history behind us... against germany, against the UK, against the whole EU at some point "thanks" to Napoleon, and i could go to the medieval time, or even before when we fighted against Rome... And you know what? I work everyday with Germans, British, Italian people... I didn’t kill them because they are not responsible of their leaders actions and country history...

You prosecute the responsibles of an attack (in the worse case you sent a little squad to assassinate the leaders if they hide and plan to harm you again) BUT you don’t murder all the civilians around to achieve this result. This is madness and incompetence. And that create a new cycle of violence that your children will have to pay at some point...

[-] BNE 2 points 9 months ago

This is madness and incompetence.

Amen. War is a total systemic failure.

[-] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

As a Dutch guy, I’m also very glad that we’re sending weapons to Ukraine.

You know why? Because we DO have a score to settle. I hope our guns, ammo and fighter jets kill as many Russians as possible.

The Netherlands would never go to war over MH17. But every single dead Russian killed with our weapons will be a delight to many.

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