The real question? Who's under his hands, just out of shot?

In an absolutely bizarre move, retired senior US General and former NATO commander John Sheehan has attempted to blame gay soldiers for what has been called the worst massacre in Europe since World War 2.

In 1995 a small force of 400 Dutch peacekeepers guarding the Bosnian town of Srebrenica was overwhelmed by Serb forces who went on to kill thousands of Bosnian Muslim men.

Now Sheehan has come out to say that the reason this happened is because Europeans have “socialised” their militaries.

“They declared a peace dividend and made a conscious effort to socialise their military – that includes the unionisation of their militaries, it includes open homosexuality. That led to a force that was ill-equipped to go to war,” he said.

“The case in point that I’m referring to is when the Dutch were required to defend Srebrenica against the Serbs. The battalion was under-strength, poorly led, and the Serbs came into town, handcuffed the soldiers to the telephone poles, marched the Muslims off, and executed them. That was the largest massacre in Europe since world war two.”

The General feels awkward: He's not hugging back

In testimony to Congress, Sheehan tried to depict gay people as in some way insanely sex-crazed, claiming that same-sex attraction would undermine a unit more than attraction to the opposite sex in a unit containing men and women.

He also tried to claim that Dutch senior officers told him that having gay soldiers “sapped morale” and contributed to the disaster. His claims have been dismissed as “total nonsense” and “not worthy of a soldier” by Dutch officials. The Prime Minister of the Netherlands said his comments were “shameful”, “unthinkable” and “beneath anything”.

Presumably if the soldiers had been fully red blooded, beef munching, super hetero troops like the American Army, then a force of 400 on a peacekeeping mission would never have been overwhelmed by a larger force of hardcore paramilitaries. I mean, just look at how hard they are in Iraq and Afghanistan, relying on air power from thousands of feet above, satellite guided missiles and FUCKING KILLER ROBOTS to fight for them.

Honestly, is there actually ANYTHING Americans won’t blame gays for?

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