The Hague Invasion Act

[Saint Marcus]

The American Senate has passed the The Hague Invasion Clause, which allows American military action against Holland should an American be tried before the International Court. Bush still has to sign the act.

The Dutch governement reacted shocked and outraged after these events, and are demanding Bush to not sign the act. It is an outrage that a fellow NATO ally openly speculates on a military action against another ally.

Luckely, the Treaty of Brussels demands that the nations that signed it (most west european nations) immidiately step in militarily in any such event (the treaty goes further than article 5 of the NATO charter).

Of course, the US won't dare to attack Holland, not will they succeed, but it's disgusting that they are openly speculating about it, and worse still, they made it into a law. Before all this, it was just talk by a handful of hardliners, but now it's there on paper, the specific conditions that may lead to a military action against a long time NATO ally. We were (one of the) first nations to recognise the US has a sovereign nation 2 centuries ago, and we've had cordial and friendly relations ever since. And this is how they repay us, by a (possible) act of war.

[Paul Hanson]

I wouldn't take it seriously if I was you. No-one else is.

[Kassiopeia]

... sums it up.

[Sarxis]

Just don't go rounding up Americans and you should be fine.

[Richelieu]

What Kass said.

[faded glory]

I would. So dont arrest any americans without us approving.

And if you really think Europe would come to your aid, your living in a dream world. We would be in and out and have our man on a helo before your media even knew he was missing. And before you could call Berlin and Paris.

[Provost Harrison]

Well I would hope that in the event that the US became an aggressor in this sense, that they would immediately be expelled from NATO and have war declared on them, and with the rest of the world joining in. The Americans should practice what they preach; they like to pride themselves on enforcing international law, if they are found in contravention of it, they should be brought to task.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by faded glory
I would. So dont arrest any americans without us approving.

And if you really think Europe would come to your aid, your living in a dream world. We would be in and out and have our man on a helo before your media even knew he was missing. And before you could call Berlin and Paris.

Somehow i get the feeling that you really believe that.

[Paul Hanson]

What's wrong with Americans being arrested? They do commit crimes sometimes, you know.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by faded glory
I would. So dont arrest any americans without us approving.

And if you really think Europe would come to your aid, your living in a dream world. We would be in and out and have our man on a helo before your media even knew he was missing. And before you could call Berlin and Paris.

Two words: Atlantic Ocean.

[Saint Marcus]

So dont arrest any americans without us approving.

You don't have a say in it. Neither have we btw. It's a UN thing.

We would be in and out and have our man on a helo before your media even knew he was missing.

That's what the Germans tried in 1940 too. We killed/captured their entire paratroop division.

[Monk]

And if you really think Europe would come to your aid, your living in a dream world. We would be in and out and have our man on a helo before your media even knew he was missing. And before you could call Berlin and Paris.

That might be correct, however my penis is significantly larger than your penis.

[Saint Marcus]

And Europe will help us out though. They can't even vote on it. I like the Treaty of Brussels

[Provost Harrison]

fg, you do realise to get to the Netherlands, you have to get across the Atlantic and then past us before you get there. Such an aggressive action on a close ally would not be acceptable and thus access to the North Sea would, of course, be denied. Try it with force, you are next to mainland Britain and Europe, and no matter what your power-projection capabilities are, you couldn't get past that...

[DinoDoc]

Oh for God's sake! You people (the Dutch) appear to be the most excitable bunch of people I have ever seen. Given that the US calmly accepts people being held prisoner in Saudia Arabia, what makes you think that that US would really raise a stink about you doing the same thing?