(USMC Gen.) Sheehan: Gays weakened European militaries

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Sheehan: Gays weakened European militaries
By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Mar 18, 2010 18:46:32 EDT

The Dutch military’s failure to intervene during a 1995 massacre in Serbia suggests that allowing gays to serve openly — as the Dutch military does — hurts military readiness, a retired Marine Corps general said Thursday.

Gen. John “Jack” Sheehan, who commanded Atlantic-based NATO forces in the 1990s, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that European militaries — many of whom allow open service by gays — were weakened in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Nations such as Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland and others, he said, believed active combat capability was no longer needed and, as a result, those nations made conscious decisions to “socialize their military.”

The focus, Sheehan said, became peacekeeping operations.

“That led to a force that was ill-equipped to go to war,” he said.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/03/military_dontask_hearing_031810w/

[ShortnFiery]

1. This is all "an act" by the ruling elites to delay the repeal of DADT.

No worries, President Obama is defeating HIMSELF out of re-election in 2012. With the GOP in the WH, there will be NO CHANCE of repealing D.A.D.T.

It's all going according to plan.

[xchrom]

2. Recommend general asshat lose his retirement. Nt

[robinblue]

3. whow, what a bunch of BS.