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[Henk Elegeert]

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Op 10 maart 2010 09:41 schreef Fritz van Rikxoort
<fritz at rikxoort.demon.nl>het volgende:

Je eindigt met Bos had aangegeven niet op de hoogte te zijn van het verzoek
> van de NAVO...
>

Klopt.


> Dat bleek een leugen waarvoor hij zich verontschuldigde.
>

Dat is mij nog niet gebleken. Ben dan ook erg benieuwd naar je bron.


> Het kon ook niet waar zijn, gezien de vele besprekingen in het kabinet over
> het onderwerp, waarin alle opties open lagen (hoe vertrekken, wat wel).
>

Precies. De basis voor de Limburgse v(erhagen)laai ... mist creëren en dan
een verzoek de deur uit waarop je moeilijk terug kunt komen, maar met zeer
verstrekkende gevolgen. Vooral ten aanzien van de eigen standpunten.

Bos draaide gewoon uit zijn afspraken in het kabinet weg, om de
> GR-verkiezingen en niet te hoeven bezuinigen met zijn kabinet.


Is dit je bron?

http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=vermaat2.25.10.htm

"
..

*Pure party politics at its worst*

Why did the Dutch Labor Party force a cabinet crises over this issue right
now? They supported Dutch troop deployment in Afghanistan, the so-called
'Task Force Uruzgan,' when it began in 2006. They also supported a cabinet
decision to renew the Dutch military commitment in 2007 - provided it would
be for two years only. They were one of the three ruling parties in the
coalition government. In the second half of 2009, the CDA was pressing for
another extension of the Afghanistan mission. Dutch military presence and
aid turned out to be rather effective, to discontinue the mission now would
certainly not benefit the local population, Dutch CDA Prime Minister Jan
Peter Balkenende and CDA Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, argued. They were
supported by the Christian Union coalition party but not by the Labor Party.

The leader of the Dutch Labor Party, Deputy Prime Minister Wouter Bos,
agreed, however, that Verhagen would discuss with NATO Headquarters in
Brussels 'possible options' for a continuation of the Dutch mission in a
different manner. It was agreed that NATO would first have to make a formal
request to that effect. When NATO complied with that requirement, prominent
Labor Party politicians quickly said they remained totally opposed to the
continuation of the Dutch military presence in Afghanistan. However, Bos and
at least one other Labor Party minister agreed with the two other coalition
partners on Friday 12 February, 'to keep options open.' Indeed, this was
also the contents of a formal Netherlands Cabinet Ministers' letter to NATO.
Five days later, on Wednesday 17 February, Bos suddenly vetoed any further
discussion on this issue. For some reason, he was now in a hurry and pressed
for a negative response to NATO's request before the self-imposed deadline
of Saturday, 20 February. Naturally, Balkenende and Verhagen were not
amused. Consequently, the coalition government fell on Saturday around 3:30
a.m. I saw it happen on Dutch TV.

Why was Bos in such a hurry? It was because of party politics. The fate of
the Afghan people was subordinated to domestic considerations of pure party
politics at its worst. There will be municipal elections in Holland on March
3, and the Labor Party was not doing well in the polls. Bos felt that a
tough stance on Dutch troop withdrawal would improve the party's prospects
in the elections. Indeed, after he and his party left the coalition
government, polls showed a slightly more favorable result for the party.

But this is not it. Bos was also a fairly able Minister of Finance. He knew
quite well that tough austerity measures will have to be taken in the course
of 2010 - of the kind that Greece is belatedly taking right now. By leaving
the Dutch government now, Bos and his party will escape immediate
responsibility for unpopular government budget cuts and austerity measures.
There is a 35 billion euro deficit which is rapidly growing. (It will soon
be 50 billion if nothing is done.)

...

"
En wie is Vermaat dan wel?

""Het is allemaal de schuld van... joden en Amerikanen." Zo heet het
nieuwste boek van EO-journalist Emerson Vermaat. Het staat vol scherpe
kritiek op antisemitisme, anti-zionisme en anti-amerikanisme. Steeds vaker
worden joden en Amerikanen afgeschilderd als onze grootste vijanden,
constateert Vermaat. Ten onrechte volgens hem, want onze echte vijanden, dat
zouden de linksen en vooral de islamitische migranten zijn.
...
"

John Arhur *Emerson Vermaat*. Reporter, born in Arnhem, The Netherlands.
1978: Graduated in Law, State University, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Toeval of niet, maar de 'thuishaven' ook van ID-er Cees Dekker, die zeer
bewonderd wordt door, jawel: Mr. J.P. Balkenende, al jaren - al liegende -
Minister President. ;)

Nog even, en Bert Bakker 'blijkt - ook nog - bevriend met Andries Knevel'
:))

Maar even serieus weer, Fritz, waar en/of wanneer heeft Bos zich, en
waarvoor precies verontschuldigd?

Henk Elegeert

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