Topic: General Sheehan, what a load of cock!
General Sheehan apparently considers homosexual soldiers to be the main reason of the Dutch being unable to prevent the Srebrenica massacre. this came from an interview regarding the new planned policy about homosexuality in the american army. What a load of crap.. Their love for eachother is exactly what gave the the ancient greeks their reputation as fierce warriors. they were more attached to eachother and prepared to die for eachother.
How the man got to the rank of general beats me. I thought at least the intellectual top made it to the most high ranks in the military..
The main question is this: What does it matter if the gay men and women are forced to remain silent about it or they can talk about it? In my opinion: nothing.
The reason why armies of the BeNeLux aren't capable of doing large military operations is simply because we don't want them to do them anymore. Our armies are specializing in other things because we don't need a large standing army anymore and their numbers have been reduced gradually since the end of the cold war. The man is making no sense there.
He also failed at grasping the Srebrenica situation. The Dutch soldiers made a huge mistake not to engage the genocidal Serbs, but the Dutch soldiers' rules of engagement didn't allow them as such. The exact details are, yet, unknown to me, but blaming it on homosexuality only shows what sort of state some people are still in.. Over here, he'd get sued for discrimination..
As long as an extensive and profound study shows that gay people make worse soldiers, imo, they should be able to freely express and enjoy their sexuality in the military.