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Agreed. At least transgenders are honest about who they are, instead of hiding behind their insecurities like you describe...
Exactly. They can't have self-loathing issues, either, since they embrace their nature.
Quoting the article again:
"But Tobin disagreed,
citing countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, which have or are in the process of accommodating transgender military members."
Three of our best allies are accepting of their transgender military members, but we are not?
Transgenders, homosexuals...these are people who have had to take a very deep look at their life and come to grips with who they are, and not necessarily what society wants them to be. Thus, they already come prepared with a strong foundation of willpower and self-awareness.
People like that are that much harder to brainwash or temper with propaganda. The military does not like people like this because if they're thinking with their own mind, and not allowing others to control them, then such people aren't as easily controlled as the rest of the slack-jawed yokels or insecure emo kids. They might actually question why they're killing innocent civilians, and bombing hospitals. People like transgenders and homosexuals, who are aware of who they are, have a far more profound perspective on life and the sanctity therein. They're far less likely to club a baby than, say, try and find a solution for peace.
The Army cannot use people with their own courage and will. They need sheep to mold into Pavlovian psychopaths that will assassinate their own people without question. 
Another reason (bolded) why any Army or Marine soldier would be perfectly justified to kick your face in (if only you had the boldness to say it to them in person, rather than cowardly backstab them on a message board.)
I read an article in READER'S DIGEST that says the polar opposite of what you say. The guy who wrote the article fought in Vietnam and was annoyed with the constant portrayal for 20-plus years of the "crazy vet" stereotype of those who served in Vietnam. He investigated and wrote an article on what he actually found.
Veterans have a lower rate of suicide and drug addiction than the norm in the general population.
Veterans have a higher rate of rate of education and business ownership than the general population.
And many of the "crazy vet" types, when investigated, are not even actual soldiers just drama-queens who picked up a uniform at an Army/Navy store and started telling whiny stories. That the liberal media loves to hear, since these portrayals reflect badly on the military that the liberal media hates.
