Funny, the Dutch are such civil libertarians, usually. I wonder what Bush drugged them with?

(I don't need a sarcasm tag, do I?)

You know who else terrorized Amsterdam at one time?

Hitler.

Wait until O-Chub and Ted Rall hear about this!

The Dutch may find it's too little, too late but I wish them well.

If current trends continue, Holland will soon be fighting for its very existence, and it will probably lose. But at least this shows an encouraging willingness on the part of the Dutch to throw off the shackles of political correctness so they can defend themselves.

The only thing that bunch of slacking stoners could defend is their stash. The place is going to turn into AQ's northern HQ - bank on it.

They didn't even allow wiretaps or cell infiltration before now?

Jeebus. They might as well put a welcome mat out for criminals.

Its hard to be an enlightened and progressive nation when you're, you know, being invaded and murdered and stuff.
If bullshit multiculturalism trumps all their other values, then the culture deserves to vanish.

But I really think that the days of Rome sacking Greece are over. The only thing preventing an utter rout of the barbarians is political will, and that appears to be coming around.

Agreed, lauraw. I've got a nasty feeling that large parts of Europe in 2015 are going to resemble Bosnia in 1995. Notso hotso, but it could be worse--at least they're not going to resemble Kabul in 2001.

Or so I hope.

Red text frightens me.

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For a guided tour of European measures that eclipsed the Patriot Act and effectively destroyed a terrorist group, look up what the Germans enacted to get rid of baader meinhof in the late 60's.