There are hundreds of reasons why a person could be denied enlistment in the military. Membership in certain groups is among those reasons.
These banned memberships are there for national security reasons. Similarly the military won’t enlist someone who professes to be a conscientious objector.
Why on earth do we permit people with extreme Muslim viewpoints to either enlist or remain in the service? Are the commanders afraid of repercussions? According to US Law service members can not sue the government for ANYTHING. That would include discrimination.
I recall there have been a few such instances of Muslims shooting soldiers (can’t say they shot “fellow” soldiers because the Muslim offender was never there to be a soldier for the US).
Isn’t it time we start looking closely at some of these outlandish beliefs and weed them out. Most certainly stop enlisting them!
As I read the stories about this Hasan guy - he completed his schooling BEFORE 9/11/01 - that was 8 years ago. His payback for his education was way over! A couple choices exist - outright refuse to deploy, resign your commission, go to Canada, go awol, or just stay home.
Despite what the media is saying this guy had no other reason except his Muslim beliefs to do this.
I am pretty sure he was accruing 3 days of obligated service for each day he spent in training at Walter Reed. He paid back some in Residence, but he had a ways to go yet.