U.S. Army would rather recruit criminals than Homosexuals

While the Pentagon continues to discharge nearly 1,000 people from the military each year who are "determined to be homosexuals," they're granting more and more "waivers" to criminals and putting lethal weapons into the hands of those very same often times dangerous criminals. According to The Washington Note, nearly 125,000 "moral waivers" have been issued to criminals so far allowing them to join the military.

In an editorial article published in today's New York Times, comes a bit of insight into just how ignorant some of the jackasses running our country truly are.

To keep filling the ranks, the Army has had to keep lowering its expectations. Diluting educational, aptitude and medical standards has not been enough. Nor have larger enlistment bonuses plugged the gap. So the Army has found itself recklessly expanding the granting of “moral waivers,” which let people convicted of serious misdemeanors and even some felonies enlist in its ranks.

Last year, such waivers were granted to 8,129 men and women — or more than one out of every 10 new Army recruits. That number is up 65 percent since 2003, the year President Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq. In the last three years, more than 125,000 moral waivers have been granted by America’s four military services.

Most of last year’s Army waivers were for serious misdemeanors, like aggravated assault, robbery, burglary and vehicular homicide. But around 900 — double the number in 2003 — were for felonies. Worse, the Army does no systematic tracking of recruits with waivers once it signs them up, and it does not always pay enough attention to any adjustment problems. Without adequate monitoring and counseling, handing out guns to people who have already committed crimes poses a danger to the other soldiers they serve with and to the innocent civilians they are supposed to protect.

Okay first of all, I'm still clueless as to why Homosexuals aren't allowed in the military to begin with. I'm especially failing to see the logic in denying Gays positions within the military, but at the same time allowing convicted criminals to sign up no questions asked. I know that logic, and practicing what you preach doesn't exactly come easy for bigots and right wing nuts, but c'mon.