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DOnt ask, Dont tell B/W OH NOES! TEH GHEYS!!!

nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts
edited March 2010 in Strut Central
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8575717.stmDutch fury at US general's gay theory over SrebrenicaSome 8,000 people were killed at Srebrenica in 1995Dutch officials have rejected a retired US general's claim that its forces failed at Srebrenica because of poor morale over openly gay soldiers.[/b]A defence ministry spokesman dismissed as "complete nonsense" the remarks by John Sheehan, a former Nato commander.Gen Sheehan had been speaking at a US Senate hearing on allowing gay people to serve openly in the US military.He said Dutch leaders had told him that the presence of gay soldiers had contributed to the Bosnian massacre.[/b]Srebrenica was a UN safe haven under the protection of Dutch peacekeepers when, in 1995, Bosnian Serb forces overran the town, killing some 8,000 Muslim men and boys.Gen Sheehan said the former chief of staff of the Dutch army had told him that the presence of openly gay soldiers in the Dutch peacekeeping force were seen as "part of the problem" which contributed to the fall of Srebrenica.He argued that since the end of the Cold War, European militaries had changed and he concluded "there was no longer a need for an active combat capability".'Totally off-target'This "socialisation" process, Gen Sheehan said, "included open homosexuality" and led to "a focus on peacekeeping operations because they did not believe the Germans were going to attack again or the Soviets were coming back"."It is astonishing that a man of his stature can utter such complete nonsense," Dutch defence ministry spokesman Roger van de Wetering said in response."The Srebrenica massacre and the involvement of UN soldiers was extensively investigated by the Netherlands, international organisations and the United Nations."Never was there in any way concluded that the sexual orientation of soldiers played a role."The Dutch ambassador to the US, Renee Jones-Bos, added in a statement on the embassy's website that she "couldn't disagree more" with the claims by the former general, who retired from the military in 1997.In the US Senate itself, Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, told Gen Sheehan he was "totally off-target".Several countries - including Britain, Canada, Australia and Israel - allow gay people to serve openly.

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  • fejmelbafejmelba 1,139 Posts
    15 jaar na dato
    and still looking for a zondebok
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,789 Posts


    In the US Senate itself, Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, told Gen Sheehan he was "totally off-target".

    Not for the first time the US military has heard those words...
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    The level at which we hear these insanely backward, religious bullshit theories from public figures who ought to know better is really, REALLY disturbing.
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,789 Posts
    I'd liked somebody to have entertained that numbskull for long enough to have asked, directly, what reason the sexuality of the soldiers would have played a part?
    Gay soldiers surrender easier?

    Take that sh*t to the Spartans.com
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    I'd liked somebody to have entertained that numbskull for long enough to have asked, directly, what reason the sexuality of the soldiers would have played a part?
    Gay soldiers surrender easier?

    Take that sh*t to the Spartans.com


    The problem is that the Jeebus people have so infested every level of the armed forces/government that they get listened to at all, and not laughed out the door like they should. This shit is patently absurd, based in religious superstition and homophobia and about 150 years behind the times.
  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts
    The level at which we hear these insanely backward, religious bullshit theories from public figures who ought to know better is really, REALLY disturbing.

    But there are GHEYS! in millitary uniforms!

    I guess if teh gheys wernt so busy checking out each others asses then they would have noticed the massacre taking place.
  • SoulhawkSoulhawk 3,197 Posts
    the Dutch just suck as soldiers

    gays had nothing to do with it
  • fejmelbafejmelba 1,139 Posts
    the Dutch just suck as soldiers

    true.

    leave the fighting to g.i. joe
  • jaysusjaysus 787 Posts
    the Dutch just suck as soldiers

    gays had nothing to do with it

  • ignastyignasty 163 Posts
    No no. You are all way off target here. "Homosexual" is the technical U.S. military distinction for UN peacekeeping forces.
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    the Dutch just suck as soldiers
    This is the only other reasonable explanation.
  • tabiratabira 856 Posts
    I can see the general's point

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