i wonder if the dutch and the rest of the eu respond, or if this is simply media hype.
i am waiting for jacques chirac to blame bush for mounting terrorist threats in europe....
From my experience with Europeans, I think they are thoroughly brainwashed that the "Religion of Peace" practicioners really want to co-exist peacefully with them.
I had a penpal from France a few years ago. The elections came up in 2002, Jean-Marie Le Pen (campaigning on a platform of deporting illegals) was gaining momentum, gaining something like 30% of the vote in the first round of elections. I commented that Le Pen is not an extremist or a racist. Even my ultra-liberal penpal admitted their Islamic population is responsible for alot of the crime, some of whom are illegals. She experienced so much cognitive dissonance that she did not write to me again after my positive comment about Le Pen.
Even though most French are wimps, I got to admit Le Pen has a pair.