RobbyG wrote:sorry but the yankees decide what happens not just in the middle east but in the whole world
Jan Kees is a Dutch name. Just as Wall Street in Manhattan is with Dutch origins. The Hudson river is founded by Henry Hudson. A Dutch fella. They say, who owns Wall-street is the one who owns the world, right?
Mate, didn't you know already...we OWN(ed) it all. Well not all...
http://www.historyconfidential.com/2009 ... ll-street/
The Dutch invented modern finance - the stock market and central bank - and were on the verge of dominating Europe at one stage. The Dutch whooped our (the Brits) in wars and had a superior navy.
When we worked out that we couldn't beat them, we staged a royal coup and invited a Dutchman to become king of England. William of Orange became King (well, ruled with his wife Mary) - was a staunch Protestant and went over to Ireland and causes some trouble which is still celebrated today by the Protestants there.
As a result, the Brits got the Bank of England, 'modern finance' (borrowing from its own people) - could more effectively finance wars and effectively this led to it seeing off the next big rival - France. The rest is history.
For a long while the Dutch had the monopoly on trade in the East - with the East India Company (dutch one, which was formed two years after the British one) dominating trade with India. Holland also had dominance further east in Indonesia etc. (IIRC)
But, their time came and went, just like the British, Portugese, Spanish and now the US - (and let's not forget that Italy and Greece were once super powers - Rome and Greek empires - now look at them!)
As for Norway - look at what can be done with oil when there isn't outside interference! Perhaps if Mossadegh had been allowed to do what Norway does, Iran would be free-er and richer today??
(No arnie - keep this here, we don't want to confuse eh with some more topics where he'll be itching to blame Muslims for)
Cheers,
Shafique