[AZLiberty]

I like this paragraph:

After decades of trying to fight social problems with ever more tolerance, the Dutch are at a loss before terrorism. Queen Beatrix limited her involvement to visiting immigrant kids at a Moroccan "youth center." This was hardly what public opinion was clamoring for. At this point, the Dutch seem more inclined to move from Live and Let Live to its opposite, and are calling for laws that make the Patriot Act look like Kumbayah. Strict laws against government surveillance over religious establishments, a centuries-old inheritance from the United Provinces' battle against Spanish occupation, appear set to go by the boards. On Friday, the Dutch parliament requested a new law that would forbid mosques to employ imams who had been educated elsewhere. One member of parliament was quoted in a wire report as saying: "It's better to have 10 possibly innocent people temporarily in jail than one with a bomb on the street."

It seems one dead artist stirs up more fuss than 3000 dead New Yorkers.

[AZLiberty]

Oops, typo in the author field. Should be "Caldwell".

[clee1]

Holland has a historical "tolerance" for diversity.

Remember, the Pilgrims resided for several years in Holland before making the trip to America.

[mlocher]

De Hoop Scheffer met President Bush on Wednesday; the following day, in an interview in New York, he warned that there is a gap between the United States and Europe in their perceptions of the terrorist threat. "If the gap is to be bridged," he added, "it has to be done from the European side."

best lines in the article. once again, when america stands up for what is right, it does draw a followership, albeit sometimes late.

[nathanbedford]

Europeans are only now beginning to understand what many Americans understand: It one thing to enact "enlightened" policies in a homogeneous society and quite another in a heterogeneous society.

[mlocher]

It seems one dead artist stirs up more fuss than 3000 dead New Yorkers.

good point. i think that the dutch population realizes that the terror is from within. on 9/12 i am not sure america was on that wavelength. it took us a while to come to that conclusion as a nation, and even now the conclusion is continually challenged by leftists.

i realize that you are speaking of the european's reaction and i am speaking of our reaction. i believe that european nations have been on our side against al-qaeda, and i think that 9/11 did cause quite a reaction over there. when you get right down to it, france, germany and spain are the only "problem children" in nato when discussing the war in iraq.

[MonaMars]

"Van Gogh, on the other hand, had been a loud--one could even say obnoxious--critic of Islam. He had referred to Muslims as "goatf--ers""

Islam, bringing love to farm animals since 610 AD.

[Bonaparte]

"It seems one dead artist stirs up more fuss than 3000 dead New Yorkers."

Yes, when it happens to them it's a whole new kettle of fish.

[Paleo Conservative]

Van Gogh, on the other hand, had been a loud--one could even say obnoxious--critic of Islam. He had referred to Muslims as "goatf--ers"

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

"Welcome to the party, pal!"

[Fred Nerks]

PING.

[ladyinred]

"It's better to have 10 possibly innocent people temporarily in jail than one with a bomb on the street."

Gasp! How insensitive of them! And smart! Would that Americans had this attitude instead of the opposite view.

[Straight Vermonter]

I think the Dutch are waking up. My terrorism website has been getting hit from Holland all week.

[jocon307]

"Two of those arrested--known only as Jason W. and Jermaine W.--were Dutch-American converts to Islam."

Well, that's a bit of news.

Pinging you, Knighthawk, as you seem to be the point person on this story.

Let's just hope the Dutch don't back down. Europe is under assault from its Muslim immigrant population. Anyone who doubts that the War on Terror will be a global, generational, struggle is just kidding themselves.

Our job here, IMMIGRATION REFORM, and NOT as envisioned by our elites. We've got the left on the run and we must keep chasing them down.

[spodefly]

At this point, the Dutch seem more inclined to move from Live and Let Live to its opposite, and are calling for laws that make the Patriot Act look like Kumbayah.

Glad to see the Dutch still have a survival instinct, unlike, I suspect, several other European countries that are soon to be in similar situations.

[Tench_Coxe]

"It seems one dead artist stirs up more fuss than 3000 dead New Yorkers."

A twist on the adage: " A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged. "

[knighthawk]

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