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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.24,0:00:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the highest military commander\Nof the Netherlands,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.40,0:00:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with troops stationed around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.44,0:00:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really honored to be here today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.60,0:00:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I look around\Nthis TEDxAmsterdam venue,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.80,0:00:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see a very special audience.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.96,0:00:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are the reason why I said yes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.89,0:00:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the invitation to come here today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.52,0:00:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I look around, I see people\Nwho want to make a contribution.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.32,0:00:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see people who want\Nto make a better world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.04,0:00:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by doing groundbreaking scientific work,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.00,0:00:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by creating impressive works of art,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.60,0:00:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by writing critical articles\Nor inspiring books,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.84,0:00:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by starting up sustainable businesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.36,0:01:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you all have chosen\Nyour own instruments
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.76,0:01:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fulfill this mission\Nof creating a better world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.48,0:01:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some chose the microscope\Nas their instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.60,0:01:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others chose dancing or painting,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.91,0:01:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or making music like we just heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.84,0:01:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some chose the pen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.56,0:01:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others work through\Nthe instrument of money.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.04,0:01:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen,\NI made a different choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.84,0:01:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.68,0:01:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen ...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.12,0:01:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.12,0:01:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.03,0:01:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I share your goals.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.24,0:02:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I share the goals\Nof the speakers you heard before.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.52,0:02:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not choose to take up the pen,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.56,0:02:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the brush,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.60,0:02:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the camera.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.56,0:02:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I chose this instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.44,0:02:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I chose the gun.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.04,0:02:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For you, and you heard already,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.52,0:02:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being so close to this gun\Nmay make you feel uneasy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.48,0:02:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may even feel scary.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.04,0:02:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A real gun at a few feet's distance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.48,0:02:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us stop for a moment\Nand feel this uneasiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.64,0:02:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could even hear it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.36,0:02:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us cherish the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.56,0:02:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that probably most of you\Nhave never been close to a gun.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.80,0:03:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means the Netherlands\Nis a peaceful country.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.68,0:03:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Netherlands is not at war.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.12,0:03:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means soldiers are not needed\Nto patrol our streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.60,0:03:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guns are not a part of our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.52,0:03:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In many countries,\Nit is a different story.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.44,0:03:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In many countries,\Npeople are confronted with guns.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.96,0:03:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are oppressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.84,0:03:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are intimidated --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.24,0:03:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by warlords,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.60,0:03:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by terrorists,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.76,0:03:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by criminals.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.92,0:03:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Weapons can do a lot of harm.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.04,0:03:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are the cause of much distress.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.08,0:03:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why then am I standing before you\Nwith this weapon?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.08,0:03:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why did I choose the gun as my instrument?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.28,0:03:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today I want to tell you why.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.16,0:03:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today I want to tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.76,0:03:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why I chose the gun\Nto create a better world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.68,0:04:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to tell you\Nhow this gun can help.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.16,0:04:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My story starts in the city of Nijmegen
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.52,0:04:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the east of the Netherlands,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.32,0:04:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the city where I was born.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.48,0:04:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father was a hardworking baker,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.80,0:04:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when he had finished\Nwork in the bakery,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.68,0:04:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he often told me and my brother stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.64,0:04:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most of the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.28,0:04:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he told me this story\NI'm going to share with you now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.32,0:04:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The story of what happened
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.00,0:04:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he was a conscripted soldier\Nin the Dutch armed forces
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.36,0:04:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the beginning of the Second World War.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.16,0:04:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Nazis invaded the Netherlands.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.04,0:04:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their grim plans were evident.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.84,0:04:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They meant to rule by means of repression.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.36,0:05:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Diplomacy had failed to stop the Germans.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.68,0:05:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only brute force remained.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.36,0:05:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was our last resort.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.60,0:05:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father was there to provide it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.04,0:05:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the son of a farmer\Nwho knew how to hunt,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.88,0:05:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my father was an excellent marksman.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.92,0:05:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he aimed, he never missed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.80,0:05:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this decisive moment in Dutch history
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.84,0:05:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my father was positioned\Non the bank of the river Waal
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.68,0:05:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,near the city of Nijmegen.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.68,0:05:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had a clear shot at the German soldiers\Nwho came to occupy a free country,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.92,0:05:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his country,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.52,0:05:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our country.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.56,0:05:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He fired. Nothing happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.72,0:05:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He fired again.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.48,0:05:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No German soldier fell to the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.16,0:05:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father had been given an old gun
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.00,0:06:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could not even reach\Nthe opposite riverbank.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.20,0:06:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hitler's troops marched on,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.00,0:06:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was nothing\Nmy father could do about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.40,0:06:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until the day my father died,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.36,0:06:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was frustrated\Nabout missing these shots.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.08,0:06:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He could have done something.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.60,0:06:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with an old gun,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.44,0:06:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not even the best marksman\Nin the armed forces
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.36,0:06:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could have hit the mark.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.12,0:06:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this story stayed with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.20,0:06:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then in high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.60,0:06:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was gripped by the stories\Nof the Allied soldiers --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.44,0:06:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,soldiers who left the safety\Nof their own homes and risked their lives
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.72,0:06:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to liberate a country
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.84,0:06:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a people that they didn't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.00,0:06:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They liberated my birth town.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.64,0:06:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was then that I decided\NI would take up the gun --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.52,0:07:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of respect and gratitude\Nfor those men and women
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.20,0:07:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who came to liberate us.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.00,0:07:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the awareness\Nthat sometimes only the gun
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.84,0:07:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can stand between good and evil.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.88,0:07:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why I took up the gun --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.92,0:07:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to shoot,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.84,0:07:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to kill,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.32,0:07:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to destroy,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.60,0:07:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to stop those who would do evil,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.36,0:07:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect the vulnerable,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.28,0:07:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to defend democratic values,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.68,0:07:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stand up for the freedom we have\Nto talk here today in Amsterdam
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.16,0:07:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how we can\Nmake the world a better place.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.64,0:07:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.88,0:07:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not stand here today\Nto tell you about the glory of weapons.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.20,0:07:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not like guns.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.48,0:08:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once you have been\Nunder fire yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.08,0:08:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it brings home even more clearly
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.64,0:08:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a gun is not\Nsome macho instrument to brag about.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.60,0:08:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stand here today
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.12,0:08:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell you about the use of the gun\Nas an instrument of peace and stability.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.12,0:08:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The gun may be one of the most important\Ninstruments of peace and stability
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.48,0:08:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have in this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.00,0:08:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this may sound contradictory to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.40,0:08:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not only have I seen with my own eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.16,0:08:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during my deployments in Lebanon, Sarajevo
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.21,0:08:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as the Netherlands' Chief of Defence,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.04,0:08:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is also supported\Nby cold, hard statistics.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.96,0:08:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Violence has declined dramatically\Nover the last 500 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.04,0:09:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite the pictures\Nwe are shown daily in the news,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.44,0:09:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wars between developed countries\Nare no longer commonplace.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.28,0:09:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The murder rate in Europe
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.56,0:09:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has dropped by a factor of 30\Nsince the Middle Ages.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.52,0:09:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And occurrences\Nof civil war and repression
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.32,0:09:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have declined since the end\Nof the Cold War.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.20,0:09:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Statistics show that we are living\Nin a relatively peaceful era.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.48,0:09:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.04,0:09:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why has violence decreased?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.28,0:09:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Has the human mind changed?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.28,0:09:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we were talking\Nabout the human mind this morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.44,0:09:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did we simply lose\Nour beastly impulses for revenge,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.28,0:09:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for violent rituals,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.56,0:09:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for pure rage?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.36,0:09:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or is there something else?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.64,0:09:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In his latest book,\NHarvard professor Steven Pinker --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.28,0:09:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many other thinkers before him --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.68,0:10:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concludes that one of the main drivers
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.52,0:10:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind less violent societies
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.08,0:10:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the spread of the constitutional state
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.08,0:10:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the introduction, on a large scale,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.29,0:10:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the state monopoly\Non the legitimized use of violence --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.44,0:10:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,legitimized by a democratically\Nelected government,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.12,0:10:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,legitimized by checks and balances\Nand an independent judicial system.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.64,0:10:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, a state monopoly
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.72,0:10:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has the use of violence\Nwell under control.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.40,0:10:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such a state monopoly on violence,\Nfirst of all, serves as a reassurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.16,0:10:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It removes the incentive for an arms race
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.00,0:10:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between potentially hostile groups\Nin our societies.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.52,0:10:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secondly, the presence of penalties
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.32,0:10:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that outweigh the benefits\Nof using violence
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.00,0:11:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tips the balance even further.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.32,0:11:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abstaining from violence
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.16,0:11:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes more profitable\Nthan starting a war.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.60,0:11:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now nonviolence starts to work\Nlike a flywheel.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.16,0:11:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It enhances peace even further.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.84,0:11:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where there is no conflict,\Ntrade flourishes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.48,0:11:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And trade is another important\Nincentive against violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.52,0:11:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With trade, there's mutual interdependency\Nand mutual gain between parties.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.40,0:11:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when there is mutual gain,\Nboth sides stand to lose more
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.48,0:11:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than they would gain\Nif they started a war.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.88,0:11:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,War is simply no longer the best option,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.36,0:11:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is why violence has decreased.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.08,0:11:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This, ladies and gentlemen,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.88,0:11:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the rationale behind the existence\Nof my armed forces.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.56,0:12:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The armed forces implement\Nthe state monopoly on violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.64,0:12:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do this in a legitimized way
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.12,0:12:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only after our democracy\Nhas asked us to do so.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.08,0:12:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is this legitimate,\Ncontrolled use of the gun
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.28,0:12:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has contributed greatly
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.12,0:12:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reducing the statistics of war,\Nconflict and violence around the globe.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.52,0:12:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is this participation\Nin peacekeeping missions
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.08,0:12:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has led to the resolution\Nof many civil wars.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.76,0:12:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My soldiers use the gun\Nas an instrument of peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.28,0:12:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is exactly\Nwhy failed states are so dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.64,0:12:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Failed states have no legitimized,\Ndemocratically controlled use of force.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.24,0:12:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Failed states do not know of the gun\Nas an instrument of peace and stability.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.60,0:13:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why failed states can drag down\Na whole region into chaos and conflict.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.96,0:13:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why spreading the concept\Nof the constitutional state
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.88,0:13:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is such an important aspect\Nof our foreign missions.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.52,0:13:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why we are trying\Nto build a judicial system
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.28,0:13:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right now in Afghanistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.56,0:13:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why we train\Npolice officers, we train judges,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.84,0:13:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we train public prosecutors\Naround the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.60,0:13:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.96,0:13:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the Netherlands,\Nwe are very unique in that --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.28,0:13:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is why the Dutch constitution states
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.04,0:13:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one of the main tasks\Nof the armed forces
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.32,0:13:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to uphold and promote\Nthe international rule of law.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.12,0:13:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.72,0:13:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking at this gun, we are confronted\Nwith the ugly side of the human mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.64,0:14:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day I hope that politicians,\Ndiplomats, development workers
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.68,0:14:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can turn conflict into peace
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.16,0:14:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and threat
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.20,0:14:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.04,0:14:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hope that one day\Narmies can be disbanded
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.84,0:14:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and humans will find a way\Nof living together
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.76,0:14:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without violence and oppression.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.20,0:14:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But until that day comes,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.88,0:14:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will have to make ideals\Nand human failure
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.28,0:14:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meet somewhere in the middle.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.92,0:14:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until that day comes,\NI stand for my father
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.96,0:14:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who tried to shoot the Nazis\Nwith an old gun.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.20,0:14:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stand for my men and women\Nwho are prepared to risk their lives
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.28,0:14:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a less violent world for all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.00,0:15:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stand for this soldier\Nwho suffered partial hearing loss
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.92,0:15:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sustained permanent\Ninjuries to her leg,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.08,0:15:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she was hit by a rocket\Non a mission in Afghanistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.60,0:15:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.40,0:15:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until the day comes\Nwhen we can do away with the gun,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.68,0:15:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope we all agree
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.56,0:15:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that peace and stability\Ndo not come free of charge.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.84,0:15:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes hard work,\Noften behind the scenes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.64,0:15:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes good equipment\Nand well-trained, dedicated soldiers.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.28,0:15:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you will support\Nthe efforts of our armed forces
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.24,0:15:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to train soldiers like this young captain
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.28,0:15:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and provide her with a good gun,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.20,0:15:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of the bad gun\Nmy father was given.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.80,0:15:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you will support our soldiers\Nwhen they are out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.52,0:16:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they come home
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.00,0:16:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when they are injured\Nand need our care.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.84,0:16:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They put their lives on the line,\Nfor us, for you,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.68,0:16:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we cannot let them down.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.64,0:16:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you will respect my soldiers,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.00,0:16:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this soldier with this gun.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.92,0:16:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because she wants a better world.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.24,0:16:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because she makes an active\Ncontribution to a better world,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.08,0:16:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like all of us here today.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.88,0:16:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.36,0:16:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)