I'm sure the Dutch never set up overseas police stations in the Caribbean or Indonesia. Or the British in North America, Africa, India, Oceania, etc etc etc etc. Nope, not in their entire history ever.

Call it whataboutism, but I just think it's rich that these colonial countries (who are still very much proud of and unapologetic about their colonialism) are screeching about another country (allegedly) trying to undermine their sovereignty. It sucks doesn't it?

Good time to remind everyone that countless polls and surveys have shown that Western Europe never stopped liking colonialism, with huge swaths of the population still thinking that it was a net good for the world. But hey, actions speak louder than words right? And it's not like Western Europe, Netherlands included, are still holding on to many colonies in Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Arctic, etc even after a 100+ year old UN directive to decol... Wait, they are? Shit.