> what are ASML and the Netherlands in general getting out of it?
Wow, the conspiracy theories in this thread are nuts.
The Netherlands is a port economy and agricultural exporter. The U.S. Navy protects the sea lanes it relies on. The Netherlands have been a reliable and natural American ally because our interests align--particularly when it comes to a war as potentially devastating to international trade as a Pacific conflict.
(Zooming in to ASML, their largest customer is TSMC.)
Their intelligence agency might as well be a part of Five Eyes at this point.
It's an incredibly short-sighted, and might I say, such a European question.