Retired U.S. General: Gays Weakened Dutch Army

Photo: Retired Marine Corps Gen. John 'Jack' Sheehan

Retired General Links Gays In Dutch Military To Massacre -- CNN

A retired U.S. general said Thursday that the Dutch policy of allowing openly gay soldiers to serve in its military led, in part, to its failure to halt the massacre of Muslims in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in 1995.

Immediately afterward, the Dutch ambassador to the United States issued a sharp denial.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, "nations like Belgium, Luxembourg, the Dutch, et cetera, firmly believed there was no longer a need for an active combat capability in the militaries," John Sheehan, former supreme allied commander – Atlantic, told a Senate hearing on the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy under which gays are not allowed to serve in the U.S. military openly.

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More News On The Issue Of Gays Serving In The Military

Retired US general John Sheehan links Srebrenica genocide to gays in Dutch UN troops -- The Australian
Retired US General: Gay Dutch Troops Contributed to Srebrenica Massacre -- Voice of America
Retired General: Gays Weakened Dutch Army -- CBS News
Retired general: Gays made Dutch weak in Bosnia -- Washington Post
Sheehan: Gays weakened European militaries -- Navy Times
Ex-general links gay troops to Bosnian genocide -- Washington Post
Retired General: Openly Gay Soldiers Weakened European Militaries -- TPM
Lying About Srebrenica Is Fucking Gay -- Attackerman

My Comment: I would have loved to have seen the look on the Senator's faces when former NATO commander John Sheehan gave his testimony on gays in the military while using the Srebrenica massacre to justify his opinion. That must have been a priceless WTF moment.