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Sexual orientation and the military of the Netherlands : ウィキペディア英語版 | Sexual orientation and the military of the Netherlands In 1974, the Netherlands was the first country to ban discrimination against gays in the military.〔Shilts, p. 572〕 ==Sheehan controversy== On March 18, 2010, after U.S. President Obama announced that he wanted to put an end to the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, former U.S. general and high ranking NATO official John Sheehan blamed homosexuals serving in the Dutch military for the fall of Srebrenica to Serb militias in the Bosnian War fifteen years earlier, stating that homosexuals had weakened the Dutch UN battalion charged with protecting the enclave. In the U.S. Senate, Sheehan said that European countries had tried to "socialize" their armed forces by letting people serve in the army too easily, which according to him, left them weakened. He claimed that his opinion was shared by the leadership of the Dutch armed forces, mentioning the name "Hankman Berman", most probably referring to the then chief of the Dutch defence staff, Henk van den Breemen.〔("General Sheehan: gays responsible for Srebrenica massacre" )〕 Dutch authorities dismissed Sheehan's statements as "disgraceful" and "total nonsense".〔("Former US general: ‘gays make Dutch military weak’" )〕〔("US general: Gay Dutch soldiers caused Srebrenica massacre" )〕〔("Gay Dutch soldiers responsible for Srebrenica massacre says US general" )〕〔("PM slams ´disgraceful´ Srebrenica gay comments" )〕〔("Dutch fury at US general's gay theory over Srebrenica" )〕 Dutch advocates of gay rights, organized in the ''"Pink Army"'' (foundation) and the Stichting Homosexualiteit en Krijgsmacht ("Foundation Homosexuality and Armed Forces"), announced a libel lawsuit against Sheehan to be filed in California.〔("Homostichtingen willen excuses van Sheehan" )〕 Eventually, after a categorical denial of the comments by the Dutch general who was misquoted by Sheehan, Sheehan apologized for the comments and repealed his testimony, resulting in the withdrawal of the legal threat.
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