On this
year’s Veterans Day Minister of Defense Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said that
nothing about the original assignment of the UN Dutchbat soldiers going to
Srebrenica was evident. This, with one exception: it was clear that there was
no mandate for a “genuine protection of the area or of the population. That
created an illusion of security.” Hennis mentioned that while other countries
refused to send soldiers to Srebrenica, the Netherlands did. She added that Dutchbat
was sent there “without adequately being prepared for the specific
circumstances, with insufficient means and capacities, a poor information
position, all this to maintain peace where there was no peace. The assignment could
not be carried out from the outset.”
www.defensie.nl/actueel/nieuws/2016/06/25/applaus-voor-%E2%80%98dutchbatters%E2%80%99-tijdens-veteranendag
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