15-09-14 15:36 pm – Source: Reuters
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Tom Middendorp, Chief of Defence, hoping for more money for the military. © anp
The Chief of Defence is concerned that the growing support for Defence, but short-lived can be. “I’m worried about. The current layer support is just thin, “said General Tom Middendorp Monday during a meeting of the Atlantic Commission.
Since the end of the Cold War in 1991 to cut billions of Defence. On Budget Day, the government announced that the Ministry structurally more money (100 million per year) is going to get again. This is partly due to current crises such as Ukraine and the Middle East.
The business community, politicians, researchers and others need as the nation’s highest military ensure that there is a ‘natural support’ for military device is created. “Defence is not a wind vane. We need support. Not a moment when there is a crisis, but long-term, structural and consistently. “
He looks at both public and political attitudes to no longer cut. “People feel the crisis coming very close and the House feels that too.” The topmilitair speaks of a “turnaround” but also states that the “ice cream is thin ‘is.
Ensure he has the fact that our country is much less than the NATO standard (2 percent of the gross national product) spends on defense. That is currently 1.16 percent. The General is pleased that the government has indicated “to want to go back towards 2 percent.” At the recent NATO summit in Wales
“I walk every day against our limitations, ‘says Middendorp. He points to the fact that the armed forces can perform only one major mission at a time, and that it sometimes goes awry with the support tasks. The possibilities for the Dutch military efforts against Islamic State (IS) in Iraq are limited, according to him.
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