Dutch PM Apologizes To Srebrenica Vets

[The Bread Guy]

PM apologizes for treatment during and after the mission - good to see (but not until after the courts said NLD was partly on the hook and a study telling the NLD govt they could have done a lot better on the file) -- from the NLD PM's speech (archived link)....

... Even 27 years later, some words have yet to be uttered. It is an oft-noted fact that the Srebrenica mission took place under a UN mandate. But that does not alter the Dutch state’s special responsibility for the circumstances in which you were deployed, the way you were treated upon your return and the lack of support given to Dutchbat III when it was wrongly subjected to so much public criticism. Today I apologise on behalf of the Dutch government to all the women and men of Dutchbat III. To all of you here and to those who are not with us today. With the greatest possible appreciation and respect for the way in which Dutchbat III kept on trying to do the right thing, under very difficult circumstances, even when that was really no longer possible ...

... and various MSM takes

Dutch government apologizes to Srebrenica peacekeepers | DW | 18.06.2022

During the 1992-95 Bosnia war, Dutch soldiers were sent to defend the enclave of Srebrenica. Many refugees were turned away from their base, and Bosnian Serb forces went on to massacre 8,000 Muslim men and boys.

www.dw.com

Dutch PM Apologizes To Srebrenica Veterans And 'People Who Can't Be Here Today'

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has apologized formally for the Netherlands' treatment of hundreds of its troops who served the Dutchbat III peacekeeping unit that failed to protect thousands of lives in the Bosniak enclave of Srebrenica 27 years ago.

www.rferl.org

Dutch government apologises to Srebrenica veterans

PM Mark Rutte said soldiers were underequipped to stop the murder of over 8,000 Muslim men and boys.

www.bbc.com

Dutch prime minister apologizes to Srebrenica peacekeepers

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government formally apologized Saturday to soldiers who were sent as U.N. peacekeepers to defend the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica with insufficient firepower and manpower to keep the peace.

apnews.com

 

[Kat Stevens]

Nice sentiment, but a day late and a dollar short, IMO. I wonder how many self terminations can be laid at the feet of the Dutch gov for the treatment they received?