Retired Marine Corps Gen. John “Jack” Sheehan suggested today that European militaries were weakened after the fall of the Soviet Union because they allowed openly gay soldiers to serve.Sheehan, who commanded NATO forces in the 90s, was testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee today, and said that European armies were weakened because of policies that would “socialize their military,” and peacekeeping efforts “that led to a force that was ill-equipped to go to war.”
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