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Queen Beatrix kicks off a drive to improve relations between the Netherlands and the United States. Some Reagan administration officials consider the Netherlands an unreliable ally due to their neutralist stance and economic strategies. The Dutch parliament says, “We are misunderstood but Washington increasingly views the Netherlands as a fair weather friend”, who treated the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan lightly, refused to apply Soviet invasion of Afghanistan lightly, refused to apply sanctions against Moscow, and refused to accept a share of medium-range nuclear weapons NATO wanted. Especially among the young, anti-nuclear and anti-American sentiment runs strong; for this generation sees the United States not as Holland's liberator from the Nazi German occupation in WW II. But as an aggressor in Vietnam and El Salvador, April 19, 1982. |
