A source of great pride: Belgium is going to produce a component for the F-35 nuclear bomber! According to our defense minister, bombers aren’t used to attack—what a notion—but to “defend us.” Much like the F-16s defended us so well by participating in the destruction of Libya in 2011.
At the official inauguration of the new production line in Gosselies, Bart De Wever inscribed the inevitable “Qui vis pacem para bellum” on the very first “tail section” to roll off the assembly line, and concluded his speech in front of U.S. Ambassador Bill White with a rousing “Long live NATO forever!”
Source: Le Soir, May 29