American, Canadian and British soldiers or vets: please read this

We (a group of journalism students and myself, being their professor) are doing a story on the Dutch military expedition in the Afghan province of Oruzgan. The Dutch military puts great emphasis on its presumed diplomatic way of dealing with the locals.

This so-called 'Dutch approach' has however drawn criticism from other allied soldiers.

In order to be able to either corroborate or disprove these criticisms, we would like to speak (or email) with soldiers or veterans of other western nations who have had contact with Dutch soldiers in either the Afghan or Iraqi theatre.

Results will be published in a major Dutch news outlet. This is not just an exercise for our students: they are practicing for the big stage.

Please contact me at dasselaar (AT) gmail.com.

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