Dear Dutch Minister of Defence,
While most countries are sending a fleet of warships to rescue their citizens from Libya, you send just one – pray one – unarmed helicopter with three Dutch airmen? To pick up two people who are almost in a warzone? Why, I wouldn’t send such a small crew to pick up two Irish tourists high on Dutch beer playing shag outside Pathe Tilburg. And you send the tiny crew into the heart of Gaddafi’s stronghold?
Oh, right. You picked the cheapest option on offer. Typical Dutch. I’m surprised your airmen didn’t ask Moses to split the Mediterranean so that they could cycle through it into Libya.
Regards,
S.
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