Comments on: Sheehan blames Bosnian massacre on gay Dutch soldiers

By: Did Gen. Sheehan Really “Climb Down” From Blaming Gay Soldiers for the Srebrenica Massacre? « Hindgrindr

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:30:36 +0000

[...] support of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” before the Senate Armed Services Committee in which he blamed the presence of gay Dutch soldiers for the 1995 massacre of more than 8000 Muslim men and boys. Sheehan claimed that this is what the [...]

By: Grant

Grant — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:54:49 +0000

@FredinUK – not to mention Ottawa

By: Fred in the UK

Fred in the UK — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:03:31 +0000

The charitable side of me is wondering if General Sheehan regards ‘liberalisation’ of the military both as a disastrous policy and also an inevitable consequence of having gays in the military? Hence his opposition to the repeal of DADT.

However if that were the case surely a man of the calibre to become Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic Command would have clearly explained his reasoning? For the same reason I would not expect such a man wouldn’t make public comments that would sound so inflammatory in Amersterdam? The events at Srebrenica were at the time and, to an extent continue to be, a major embarrassment to the Dutch. Also the implication of his comments hardly plays well in either London or Jerusalem.

By: Donnchadh

Donnchadh — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:29:38 +0000

This is just so wrong.
That should be “different from”, not different than”.

By: John

John — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:30:30 +0000

Are you effing kidding me?!? I take the day off to spend some time with my nephew and come back to find this shite??? Unbelievable. To hell with this farce of a “study”. Ram DADT repeal through NOW!

By: Amila Bosnae

Amila Bosnae — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:04:48 +0000

Sorry, I think the word is misuse, not abuse. (?)

By: Amila Bosnae

Amila Bosnae — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:59:31 +0000

I’m a survivor of the Bosnian war.

I have NEVER heard anything like this.

It seems to me Gen. Sheehan is willing to abuse a genocide in his crusade against homosexuals in the army. I find it EXTREMELY disgusting.

It’s not hard to find facts about this. The soldiers in question did nothing to prevent the genocide (or even helped by separating men from women and children) because those were their orders. The area was to be etnically cleansed in order to add it to Serbia, which is just across the river.

By: Edwin

Edwin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:12:34 +0000

These supposedly good generals are all a farce. The reason wasn’t the fault of only gays but of some foolish higher ups. Why should we get the blame for everything that goes wrong in the world. I think Sheehan is talking through his hat. Just another big lie.

By: DN

DN — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:57:27 +0000

And now the FRC has reported on this (http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WU10C13&f=PG07J01), completely ignoring the Dutch Military’s refutation of Sheehan’s claim.

What I also enjoyed in their little blurb was how they bade good riddance when Kathy Griffin “stormed out.” Ummm… Mr. Perkins? Kathy Griffin is a rock-solid, unconditional supporter of the Military – even when it’s engaged in a war she’s 100% against.

Watch her TV show – go to a live performance. Her support of the troops is completely genuine – and they love her.

By: Ben in Oakland

Ben in Oakland — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:03:30 +0000

We already know that true homophobes will say whatever they can think of, fact, logic, compassion, and sensibility be damned.