Gen. Sheehan: "Dutch gays responsible for massacre." Dutch: "WTF?"

WOW really!


Gen. Sheehan: "Dutch gays responsible for massacre." Dutch: "WTF?": "If you didn't see yesterday's prime testimony from retired Gen. Sheehan at the Senate Armed Services hearing on Don't Ask, Don't Tell, it's a doozy. Sheehan said the integration of Dutch gays into the military was partly responsible for the Srebrenica genocide in 1995. Make sure you watch Levin's reaction:

Aside from Levin calling his comments 'off target' (you could tell he was restraining himself from harsher words), the Dutch had a response (several, actually) of their own (h/t Richard Allen Smith):

'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."

In a statement, Dutch Ambassador Ren?e Jones-Bos said, 'I take pride in the fact that lesbians and gays have served openly and with distinction in the Dutch military forces for decades, such as in Afghanistan at the moment.'

"The military mission of Dutch U.N. soldiers at Srebrenica has been exhaustively studied and evaluated, nationally and internationally," Jones-Bos said. "There is nothing in these reports that suggests any relationship between gays serving in the military and the mass murder of Bosnian Muslims."

Dutch caretaker Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop said Friday the claim was 'damaging' and not worthy of a soldier. 'I don't want to waste any more words on it,' he said.

Gen. Henk van den Breemen, Dutch Chief of Staff at the time of the Srebrenica genocide [note: van den Breemen is the official who Sheehan stated had told him open gay service contributed to the massacre.], called Sheehan's comments "total nonsense."

Given that Sheehan's comments included attacks on 'liberalization', 'social engineering' and even 'unions', you could tell where this guy was coming from.

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