WAR CRIMES

I told you lately about the Dutch colonial war in Indonesia, shortly after the Japanese surrender in 1945. The Japanese had left a legacy. They stimulated the Indonesian independence movement (and the communists). When the Dutch returned (they even used Japanese soldiers for surveillance), they thought that business could continue as usual, instead the situation exploded right into their face. Like later on in this timeframe the Americans in Vietnam or the French in Vietnam, the Dutch could not distinguish friend from enemy (Taliban!), so they killed every body in sight. On the island of Sulawesi, whole villages were cleansed. They still hate the Dutch in Makassar. Interestingly enough, the authorities apologized to the widows of these war-victims recently.

Every thing will be revealed and “historical conscience” played the next card. On the edge of our kingdom a picture book was discovered (saved, arranged), that contained pictures of this “politional campaign”. Two pictures were significant. On them you could see male Indonesians being executed along side the road. If you forgot about the palm-trees, this picture could have been taken at the Eastern front, 5 years before. Number 2 showed the end result. A ditch full of corpses. It was no surprise to me. I have been on Sulawesi, talked to the people and visited the graves.

More pictures, films and witnesses will surface, showing the war- crimes and genocide.

There is a saying, which perfectly fits the coming timeframe. “If you have to tell the people the truth, you better make them laugh. Otherwise they may kill you. Corrupt bankers and kleptocrats think, that they can just walk away and keep the money they have stolen. A paradise for stalkers.

The Netherlands have a colonial legacy. Much of it is hidden. Now the war crimes surface, but our broken promises to the Mollucans and Papua from the New-Guinea's, the slave-trade and the plantations in Suriname and Indonesia, will be next. Government, Royalty, military and trade went hand in hand. Who does not study and learn from history, is doomed to repeat it (in another life).