Stop Saying That General Sheehan Apologized

He didn’t. Quite the opposite, actually.

In sworn testimony a few weeks ago, Marine Corps General John J. Sheehan (ret.) told Congress that the gays serving openly in the Dutch Army led to the Srebrenica Genocide in 1995.

Over the next few days, just about every Dutch official justifiably raised hell over Gen. Sheehan’s charge. And now, General Sheehan is apologizing. At least he says he is.

Here’s the letter he sent to Dutch General Henk van der Breeman (ret.), who Sheehan gave as the source for his allegations.

Using the word 'sorry' doesn't make it an apology.

So to make this perfectly clear, when Gen. Sheehan said that the allowing gays to serve in the Dutch military caused the largest massacre in Europe since World War II, what he really meant was that allowing gays to serve in the Dutch military caused all the good soldiers to quit the military, which caused the largest massacre in Europe since World War II.

See the difference? No?

Gen. Sheehan is still blaming gays for genocide. His only apology is for not making it clearer that he also thinks the Dutch government is to blame. His message to Congress is that if they let gays serve openly, any soldier being killed in combat in the future will be their fault, because clearly you can trace the death back to the repeal of DADT. And you know what we do when someone kills a US soldier…

Come to think of it, Gen. Sheehan’s comments are more of a threat than a message, don’t you think?