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Navy secretary on transgender troops: 'Any patriot' should be allowed to serve
The Hill ^ | 8/11/2017 | REBECCA KHEEL

Posted on 08/11/2017 7:55:34 AM PDT by Kevin C

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To: Kevin C

The Navy Secretary ought not break ranks with his Commander in Chief.


81 posted on 08/11/2017 8:49:41 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Kevin C
"On a fundamental basis, any patriot that wants to serve

On a fundamental basis, people with penises are called "men," and people with vaginas are called "women." Beyond that, we spend too much money trying to understand them and their non-fundamental ways. Money that should be spent on bullets.

82 posted on 08/11/2017 8:50:27 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: Kevin C

Rank insubordination. Trump needs to get Spencer in a room alone and ‘get his mind right’.


83 posted on 08/11/2017 8:51:03 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Kevin C
And now for something completely different...
84 posted on 08/11/2017 8:51:23 AM PDT by jerod (Socialism=Governance by Government - The National Socialist German Workers' Party is a good example.)
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To: Interesting Times
"I’m a patriot, though over 60 years old. Will the Secretary permit me to serve?"

Do you meet ALL the requirements? Key phrase.

85 posted on 08/11/2017 8:52:00 AM PDT by jackibutterfly
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To: Paal Gulli

The guy’s a civilian. Military branch secretaries are presidential appointments approved by the senate. Their main function typically is to work congress so that their branches get as much money as possible. Their goals are typically to line their pockets from the defense contractors. The current guy in question was a USMC helicopter pilot serving five years in the late ‘70’s. As far as trannies and queers serving, the CNO would be the one to effectuate the presidential orders, not SECNAV. But then, I was just a lowly E-4.


86 posted on 08/11/2017 8:53:21 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: Kevin C
"On a fundamental basis, any patriot that wants to serve and meets all the requirements should be able to serve in our military"

One requirement is that a person be mentally healthy and not confused about which bathroom to use. Pretty fundamental stuff.
87 posted on 08/11/2017 8:53:50 AM PDT by Antoninus ("The Western world has lost its civil courage, both as a whole and separately." -Solzhenitsyn)
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To: Mr.Unique
"Those with flat feet, asthma, psoriasis, sleep walkers, too short, too tall, too slow, too fat....all of them? "

Do they meet ALL THE REQUIREMENTS?

88 posted on 08/11/2017 8:54:33 AM PDT by jackibutterfly
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To: Kevin C

Should patriots who are blind be allowed to serve? What about the deaf? What about those with sever allergies?
Or diabetics, or those with heart conditions, and most analogous, what about those with mental disorders?


89 posted on 08/11/2017 8:54:34 AM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt)
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To: Kevin C

The suicidal genital mutilating fake hormone taking trannies are not mentally fit to be in the military.


90 posted on 08/11/2017 8:56:21 AM PDT by Trillian
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To: Kevin C
The Army is not a “social experiment”. Insertion of
this minority group is destructive to morale and unit
cohesion,
91 posted on 08/11/2017 9:00:35 AM PDT by upcountryhorseman (An old fashioned conservative)
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To: Kevin C
Dear Secretary of the Navy.... YOU'RE FIRED!

92 posted on 08/11/2017 9:01:33 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Kevin C

I’m a patriot, 70 years old, congestive heart failure and diabetes and urinary problems. Where do i sign up?


93 posted on 08/11/2017 9:03:22 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: morphing libertarian

Well if we ever create our version of the “Volksturm” I’m sure they’ll have a place for you.


94 posted on 08/11/2017 9:04:08 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Kevin C

Unless they have: Flat feet, overweight, too skinny, too old, too young, poor eyesight, strict dietary requirements, have a medical issue such as type-1 diabetes, etc...


95 posted on 08/11/2017 9:05:07 AM PDT by Vic S
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To: TexasFreeper2009

This guy has no respect for his CIC. He is not a patriot.


96 posted on 08/11/2017 9:05:44 AM PDT by SaraJohnson ( Whites must sue for racism. It's pay day.)
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To: Kevin C

Trey Gowdy’s comments on the military (in response to the transgender situation).

Nobody has a “right” to serve in the Military. Nobody.

What makes people think the Military is an equal opportunity employer? Very far from it.

The Military uses prejudice regularly and consistently to deny citizens from joining for being too old or too young, too fat or too skinny, too tall or too short.

Citizens are denied for having flat feet, or for missing or additional fingers. Poor eyesight will disqualify you, as well as bad teeth. Malnourished? Drug addiction? Bad back? Criminal history? Low IQ? Anxiety? Phobias? Hearing damage? Six arms? Hear voices in your head? Self-identify as a Unicorn?

Need a special access ramp for your wheelchair? Can’t run the required course in the required time? Can’t do the required number of pushups?

Not really a “morning person” and refuse to get out of bed before noon?

All can be reasons for denial. The Military has one job. War. Anything else is a distraction and a liability.

Did someone just scream “That isn’t Fair”? War is VERY unfair, there are no exceptions made for being special or challenged or socially wonderful.

YOU change yourself to meet Military standards. Not the other way around.

I say again: You don’t change the Military... you must change yourself.

The Military doesn’t need to accommodate anyone with special issues. The Military needs to Win Wars. If any of your personal issues are a liability that detract from readiness or lethality... Thank you for applying and good luck in future endeavors. Who’s next in line?


97 posted on 08/11/2017 9:07:03 AM PDT by rolling_stone (coming attraction...)
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To: clintonh8r

What a patriot is not: someone seeking to inflict sexual perversion and mental illness on his nation’s military.


98 posted on 08/11/2017 9:09:19 AM PDT by liberalism is suicide
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To: Kevin C

“and meets all the requirements” Mysteriously missing from headline


99 posted on 08/11/2017 9:09:45 AM PDT by AngieTribeca
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To: Kevin C

Any “patriot?” Even people with very expensive ongoing physical and psychological disabilities that demand copious amounts of public funding for treatment?


100 posted on 08/11/2017 9:14:20 AM PDT by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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