Wednesday, March 31, 2010

US General Sorry For Blaming Massacre On Gay Soldiers

The cemetery at the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial and
Cemetery to Genocide Victims. Photo from Wikipedia


US General Apoloises For Blaming Gay Dutch Troops At Srebrenica -- Times Online

A retired US general has apologised for saying that Dutch troops failed to prevent the Srebrenica massacre because openly gay soldiers were included in their UN peace-keeping force.

John Sheehan, a former Nato supreme commander, wrote a letter to a senior Dutch general accepting that he was wrong to name him as the source of the claims and putting the blame for the atrocity on political guidance given to officers.

Read more ....

More News On General John Sheehan's Anti-Gay Comments

US ex-general apologizes for Dutch gay comments -- AP
US general apologises for anti-gay remarks -- AFP
US general apologises for gay Dutch troops slur -- The Telegraph

My Comment: Case closed .... time to move on.

No comments:

Post a Comment