[FreedomPoster]

I still remember pics of Dutch hippies in uniform ready to oppose the Soviets as part of NATO forces. It did not exactly engender confidence.

[Feckless]

I spent two months with the Dutch Army in the late 70’s as part of a NATO Interoperability exercise. They were unionized at the time and looked like a band of hippies. They were technically proficient but I wondered about their war fighting abilities.