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EX-general 'inaccurate' about gay soldiersTuesday 30 March 2010 A former US general who told a senate hearing earlier this month that Dutch military chiefs blamed the 1995 massacre of Srebrenica on gay soldiers now says his comments were 'inaccurate'. John Sheehan's comments caused an outcry in the Netherlands and were soundly condemned by Dutch defence staff. Sheehan has now written to general Henk van den Breemen, chief of the defence staff at the time of the massacre, whom he claimed had made the comments. 'I am sorry that my public recollection of those discussions of 15 years ago inaccurately reflected your thinking on some specific social issues on the military,' the letter states. 'It is also regrettable I allowed you to be pulled in to a public debate,' he continued. 'To be clear, the failure on the ground in Srebrenica was no way the fault of individual soldiers'. Some 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb forces in Srebrenica, which was under the protection of Dutch UN troops © DutchNews.nl
You mean jail time like Clinton served for lying under oath? Oh, wait... By YoMamma | March 30, 2010 5:31 PM The proper and honorable thing for this general officer to do is to apologize also to the Dutch military, straight and gay, for his remarks. Saying 'To be clear, the failure on the ground in Srebrenica was no way the fault of individual soldiers' falls way short, considering he tried to smeared Dutch soldiers, all for some bigoted belief of his own - Rick B., a retired American military officer. By Rick B. | March 30, 2010 6:57 PM I am truly sorry that this happened. I apologize for my country. By Elaine | March 30, 2010 7:31 PM It doesn't matter if they were gays or not. The most important is, they did not protect civilians, what was the mission and obligation. By Slavonia | March 31, 2010 7:23 AM This apology is funny since: - He did not lie, he was 'inaccurate'. There is a big difference between admitting a mistake (lie) and blaming it on the poor memory. By Benito Camelas | March 31, 2010 8:20 AM
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He lied under oath. He admitted he lied under oath. He should go to jail.
By Darren | March 30, 2010 8:11 AM