Blech

[steelweaver]

So we got mentioned in the State of the Union. Whoopde-frelling-doo.

When you take a picture, you ask someone's permission to use it, when you interview someone, you let them read the article first. Nobody asked us if we wanted to be mentioned as one of the nations that are apparently too stupid to understand why the United States are criticised for acting as they did. As a matter of fact, most people I know were against the way the US handled this, even if they did agree that yes, Saddam Hussein was a bad person and a cruel ruler and terribly lacking in general fluffiness.

A friend of mine in the US was surprised to hear exactly how may Europeans had gone out and protested against the war on Iraq. His mainstream media sources of information had led him to believe it was 'just a bunch of hippies' (his words). Now these are the people who hear us mentioned as suck up slime. I do not feel represented by the government we have in place right now, yet it is allowed to make decisions in our name. Decisions to support a renegade nation's actions that have seriously destabilized international politics. Let me just note I did not vote for these idiots.

I am uncomfortable about being mentioned this way, without any chance of defending ourselves. I feel embarrassed when I see our prime minister speaking semi-English to impress mr Shrub in the five minutes he gets before Latvia or Poland have their turn to kiss the presidential butt. I am ashamed to say that our very own JP could not crawl further up Bush' butt without him coughing up that dreadful pudding bowl haircut.

I'm proud to be Dutch...maar nu even niet.

Comments

[janestarz.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of Dutch people feel the same way. It's not likely to change anytime soon though. :(

[janestarz.livejournal.com]

That includes me, of course.

[coen.livejournal.com]

Boy, I'm soooo proud to be mentioned as one country supporting a war against another country that most certainly had mass destruction weapons, but for some strange reason, we haven't found a single one in eight months.
I am also proud that we supported a war that stopped a country from building even more mass construction weapons, even if we have no evidence of such a program.
I am so very very proud that we supported a war that finnaly fulfilled the president's dream to better his daddy.

[paysdoc.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately a lot of fellow countrymen DID vote for JP, and that at a time when it was quite clear that he would be supporting the war, sucking up to everyone and that he had no spine whatsoever!!

They voted for him!!
That is one of the occurrences of recent Dutch history I will never understand!

[coen.livejournal.com]

JP:
"Ja, er is nu wel gesuggereerd dat ik geen ruggegraat heb, maar we hebben daar een volwassen discussie over gehad, en we hebben daar met wederzijds respect en in een goede sfeer onze gedachten over gewisseld, en als een ieder ten aanzien van dit probleem nu zijn eigen verantwoordelijkheid draagt, dan lijkt mij het ontbreken van mijn ruggegraat uiteindelijk geen irrelevant probleem.
En ik ben ervan overtuigd dat meneer de President van de Verenigde Staten dit standpunt met mij deelt."