Dutch Special Forces: Should the Netherlands send them to secure
the MH17
crash site in Ukraine?
Securing MH17 Victims: Dutch Have Elite Troops for a Reason!
(Elsevier, The Netherlands)
"It is bizarre that Dutch journalists are able to enter the
crime scene, while crash investigators and the forensic specialists are stuck
somewhere for days on end. ... Dutch Special Forces are highly regarded around
the world. This is why Prime Minister Rutte has elite
troops to use in the first place. The impasse of dead bodies on a train is
unacceptable."
By Eric Vrijsen
Translated By Marion Pini
July 22, 2014
The
Netherlands - Elsevier - Original Article (Dutch)
As time
passes after the crash of MH17, there are calls in the Netherlands for military
intervention in east Ukraine. Prime Minister Rutte
should threaten the rebels to put pressure on Putin.
The
shoulders of Prime Minister Mark Rutte (VVD) is
facing increasingly heavy pressure to do something. The plane that crashed is
Malaysian, but by far the vast majority of victims are Dutch.
Bringing
justice to those who brought down the Boeing 777 will come later. First and
foremost, the Netherlands want the victims treated with respect, or rather,
their remains and belongings.
On
Sunday, however, Rutte dismissed resounding calls to
send in the troops.
Escalation
In
principle, the Netherlands can send in a commando unit or a few platoons of
Marines to secure the crime scene, so that crash investigators can begin their
work.
On the
one hand, though, it's already too late, as the rebels have obfuscated the
evidence of the rocket attack, and on the other, there is a great danger of
escalation.
Ukraine
would certainly welcome such a military intervention. The sooner NATO concerns
itself with the civil war, the happier Kiev will be. The rebels wouldn't accept
an "intervention" by elite Dutch troops, yet Rutte
cannot wait for the Americans.
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Threat
Rutte should
threaten the use of Dutch elite troops to build pressure on the rebels and
Russian President Vladimir Putin. If he makes such a threat, however, Rutte must be prepared to deploy them.
It is
bizarre that Dutch journalists are able to enter the crime scene, while crash
investigators and the forensic specialists are stuck somewhere for days on end.
Dutch
Special Forces are highly regarded around the world. This is why Rutte has elite troops to use in the first place.
The
impasse of dead bodies on a train is unacceptable.
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