Or so testified retired Marine Corp General John J. Sheehan during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday:
“As a result, they declared a peace dividend and made a conscious effort to socialize their military,” he said, noting that the Dutch allowed troops to join unions and enlisted openly gay soldiers. Dutch forces were poorly led and unable to hold off Serb forces in 1995, leading to the execution of Bosnian Muslims and one of the largest European massacres since World War II, Sheehan said.
There are many reasons for the failure of Dutch forces in 1995, but sexual preference was not one of them.
Christopher R. Albon is a political science Ph.D. specializing in armed conflict, public health, human security, and health diplomacy.
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I agree, this is just a poor excuse to keep a outdated policy in place that only serves to neglect the same rights that straights and homosexuals have.
It disappoints me that this is still an issue in the U.S.(sexual orientation).
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