"I believe that I can make a case in the end that there are three powers that you will see really emerge. One, a Muslim caliphate that controls the Mideast and parts of Europe. Two, China, that will control Asia, the southern half of Africa, part of the Middle East, Australia, maybe New Zealand, and God only knows what else. And Russia, which will control all of the old former Soviet Union bloc, plus maybe the Netherlands.
A lot of this isn’t too far away from what a lot of rightwingers seem to believe, but what’s the business about Russia and Holland?
I've met an alarming number of educated and seemingly intelligent professionals who really buy into his crap. In a movie this would be about the time he self-destructs.
Posted by: Cian | February 01, 2011 at 06:46 PM
It's like someone took an actor and told him to improvise a monologue that would depict the mental state of a conspiracy theorist.
Posted by: Nick | February 01, 2011 at 06:56 PM
I think the Dutch may be in cahoots with the Reverse Vampires. We're through the looking glass, people.
Posted by: Leonard Hatred | February 01, 2011 at 08:23 PM
I blame too many games of Risk at an impressionable age.
Posted by: CharlieMcMenamin | February 01, 2011 at 09:07 PM
Wait, I thought Pim Fortuyn's murder was irrefutable proof that Netherlands would the the centre of EUrabia?
Posted by: Richard J | February 01, 2011 at 10:06 PM
I'm with SadOldVet: I say let the Ruskies have the Netherlands.
Posted by: Strategist | February 01, 2011 at 10:34 PM
Football surely? The appointments of Advocaat and Hiddink as Russian manager were in fact high-level diplomatic negotations.
Posted by: Matthew | February 02, 2011 at 06:40 AM
Mediterranean Germany?
Posted by: Alex | February 02, 2011 at 08:21 AM
Well, the Russians have clearly already been in control of the Netherlands for some time. Look at the flags for chrissakes people!
It's finally time I sat down and watched Network.
Posted by: Malcs | February 02, 2011 at 09:01 AM
I think that people like Gertie Wilders and so on are proof that the Netherlands will never fall to the Islamoninja onslaught. Wilders has been on Beck's show, so he is aware of his existence. So obviously the only remaining option is for the Netherlands to become a sort of New Kaliningrad - an enclave of Slavic Islamophobia in the middle of the Dar al-Cheese-eaters.
Posted by: ajay | February 02, 2011 at 09:13 AM
ajay> Wrong mental framework, I think. Think more Minas Ithil, keeping sentinel over Mordor.
Malcs> And what's the national colour of the Netherlands, eh? Orange, a mixture of red and yellow. How appropriate.
Posted by: Richard J | February 02, 2011 at 09:40 AM
Rotterdam? I'm clutching at straws here, but I'm guessing this has something to do with oil.
Posted by: Cian | February 02, 2011 at 05:16 PM