As a Marine you were backed by massive firepower and an in-depth logistical chain where no needed resource was ever held back from you. You also had the benefit of a command system where you, ultimately, only had to answer to one overall commander. The peacekeepers who went to Bosnia weren't lucky enough to operate under the same conditions you did. They went into those places with the bare limit of basic infantry weapons and a handful of thin-skinned APC's and LAV's that were outfitted with the smallest calibre of cannons. They also, practically every day, had their actions scrutinized, revised, or outright blocked by a series of UN bureaucrats, many of whom were outright inimical to the effort of the troops if not actively supporting the ones who were committing the atrocities.
No offense to you personally, and no disrespect to your own experiences is meant, but as a Marine you never had to face any "to the last man, to the last bullet" situation that you claim the Dutch in Bosnia should have engaged in. You were never alone out there on your assignments, not the way the UN troops in Bosnia were, surrounded by tens of thousands of heavily armed belligerents that had inherited the heavy weapon supplies that used to belong to the Yugoslav army. You never had to worry, if you were pinned down under fire, that a supporting airstrike wouldn't arrive because it had to get approved in some office in New York City first before it could proceed. But the blue helmets did. They went through it every day.
Like I said, with no disrespect to your experiences intended, you really don't have the right to expect other soldiers (in radically different situations from anything you ever went through) to engage in some futile and ridiculous last stand just because you believe it would be the honourable thing to do.
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