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Guest Kaitlyn88

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100319/twl-fa...-g-3fd0ae9.html

So basically this US general says that the troops were unprepared, small and lightly armed, but just ignore all that it happened because gay people are allowed to openly serve in the dutch military. The soldiers were most likely straight, and I'm sure that gay people were the last thing on there mind when it happened. This is about the stupidest thing I have ever heard, there is no rational thought process going on. Let's just blame everything on gays...

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Guest Donna Jean

Kaitlyn....

Thanks for putting that up....I was going to after I read it this morning, but, got caught up in work!

Yeah...just because they're gay they can't adequately serve...What a bunch of ...you know what!

One of the best combat pilots of the first gulf war came out as gay...did that make a difference in his service? NO!

Sometimes people make such stupid statements that you just want to take them and shake them!

Donna Jean

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You have to remember that homophobia is a true phobia defined as an irrational fear.

Do not expect rational behavior from someone with an irrational fear.

Do remember that we discharged a decorated combat veteran who was an Arab translator when we had too few already just because he was gay, as Jon Stewart pointed out we are apparently more afraid of gays than terrorists.

Homeland Security has issued a Rainbow Alert!

So sad that ignorance does not slow down one's rise to power.

Love ya,

Sally

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Guest Elizabeth K

15 years ago! He used an example from the past. What about those who have served in the US Army, Navy, Air Force, and CG - bravely! What of the mixed forces of women an men in the Middle East wars!

DANG

And some countries do not have a strong military mindset. Not to insult anyone, but WWI and WWII had many of these countries overrun by the German forces - because they were not the warmonger - defensive thinking people we are.

So I guess we lost in Vietnam because we allowed the lower eschelon of young men to be drafted (those who could not afford college or who's parents had no influential friends). Or was it the gays? Or was it some other minority part of society, the 'weaker' one making up the USA?

NEWSFLASH! Everyone is a minority if you look deep enough! We fight like tigers because in the USA we are a young nation bred from the frontier struggles, and just a smidgen above being insanely aggressive. In another hundred years we might sit and negotiate instead of bombing those poor proud people who disagree. Or we may become as insanely radical as those who fly airplanes into public buildings.

Maybe if one of those musim extremist pilots had been gay, he woulda just turned around and landed, telling everyone he was so sorry to have scared them - bad hair day!

Military thinking can be really unamerican sometimes.

Lizzy

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Guest Skylar

"A Dutch defence ministry spokesman dismissed Mr Sheehan's remarks as nonsense.

He said investigations into the Srebrenica events by both Dutch and international authorities had never "concluded or suggested a link between homosexual military personnel and the things that happened over there"."

This is my favorite part by far! haha Guess he didn't really look around to see if somebody would deny his claims.

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Guest Donna Jean
This is my favorite part by far! haha Guess he didn't really look around to see if somebody would deny his claims.

That's how these people opperate.....

They make outlandish, ignorant statements thinking that no one will call them on it!

Well, TAG! You're out, smart boy!

Donna Jean

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Guest Nicodeme
Let's just blame everything on gays...

Have you heard of the "S*** Gays Didn't Do" project? It's a collection of (often hilarious) cards with rainbow background and text blaming absolutely ridiculous stuff on homosexuality.

One of my favorites:

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I know this is a mostly serious thread but it reminded me of that and I just wanted to be able to lift the mood a little.

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Guest Gina9223

And as a former NATO Commander in the operational theater with such a failure he had no responsabiltiy to that failure?

Or was that why he was retired?

And being military, if my military had a weakness of any kind I certianly wouldn’t go around telling the biggest bully on the block what it was.

He’s full of BS.

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Guest Matthias_Bane
Have you heard of the "S*** Gays Didn't Do" project? It's a collection of (often hilarious) cards with rainbow background and text blaming absolutely ridiculous stuff on homosexuality.

One of my favorites:

tumblr_kzhz081A5y1qak0qdo1_400.png

I know this is a mostly serious thread but it reminded me of that and I just wanted to be able to lift the mood a little.

Thank you for this, it made me laugh. What on Earth are the people thinking? Really.

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And some countries do not have a strong military mindset. Not to insult anyone, but WWI and WWII had many of these countries overrun by the German forces - because they were not the warmonger - defensive thinking people we are.

I have to wonder if that's good or bad. We are definitely a warmongering and defensive thinking country, the United States. That's for sure.

愛 Eth

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I served with members I knew or suspcted as gays. They were aso some of the finest soldier in my unit. It's all nonsense what he claims.

Gennee

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