Comments by "Cheezymuffin" (@Cheezymuffin.) on "Prologue: The Dutch Colonial Whip | The Indonesian War Of Independence" video.

  1. as a dutch person we learn briefly anout this war in school. Officialy it was called a politonele actie, basically just "Police business" but even in school we where teached, "yeah it was basically a war" I, as a firm believer in freedom and the right to a own country, believe by heart that it is a good thing that colonialism is no more. However I can slightly sympathise with my ancestors, I mean, the netherlands where under german occupation from may 1940 to the end of the war in europe Completely wrecking the home country. and the dutch people in Indonesia, where interned into camps by the japanese, After this straining war the dutch never wanted to participate in, their biggest cash cow declared independence. I might in that situation also have shouted for war to make sure that the netherlands could recover from the second world war. Doesn't help that dutch people fleeing indonesia bring back the stories about being chased out and having people being murdered. Again, not supporting colonialism, but I am at least capable of understanding the mindset of the people.
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  2. as long as we are capable of understanding why it happened, and can learn from it, then history will teach us something for the future (fellow dutchie here)
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  3.  @yam83  well we while we did get in a war, we also contributed a lot to the infrastructure of the country, building schools, roads and other usefull buildings. I think those being taken by the Indonesians already amounts for a good amount of repreration.
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