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After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow......
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....Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming.....
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....victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you
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Here comes the hate (Original Post)
HAB911
Jul 2017
OP
This sounds like current transgender military individuals will be discharged?
Mrs. Overall
Jul 2017
#2
I said before, if you want to see where trump goes, look at the path Erdogan took, its identical
sunonmars
Jul 2017
#5
Does this include those who have already paid for their surgery and transitioned ????
SamKnause
Jul 2017
#8
tanyev
(42,550 posts)1. "Thank you"?
Did he just copy that directly from a memo or an email someone else wrote for him and include the closing "Thank you"?
Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)2. This sounds like current transgender military individuals will be discharged?
ismnotwasm
(41,975 posts)3. Lost a friend to cancer a year OR SO ago--She was a decorated Vietnam Vet
Fought like a demon for her country. Her memory deserves better than this,
HAB911
(8,880 posts)4. I bet he doesn't stop here
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)5. I said before, if you want to see where trump goes, look at the path Erdogan took, its identical
He'll go after
Media first
Education
then judiciary
then military,
He's start replacing them all with his cronies.
demmiblue
(36,841 posts)6. Evil arseholes, all of them.
demmiblue
(36,841 posts)7. And here comes the push-back:
SamKnause
(13,091 posts)8. Does this include those who have already paid for their surgery and transitioned ????
I think the answer to that is yes.
Now, if they can only get those pesky gays out what a win win for the military and our country.
HAB911
(8,880 posts)9. Another really dumb exclusion from military service. Even dumber than the "I have a sore foot" excu
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)10. There is nothing normal about this man. Nothing normal about his actions.
He must be stopped.