Homosexuals should not be allowed in the military, even under the Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy

This is a very interesting approach, and I must say that I appreciate you concern for my wellbeing. Unlike the other debate, you state "..rather I think that everybody should be prohibited from joining the military. Thus ending the military." In this, you give an action for banning homosexuals, the result, and sound information of why you think this should happen (infomration, though. You will need proof and sites for it to be, in this debate, considered fact. However, as a person, I will take what you said to heart.) "Have you ever researched what actually goes on in the military?" I have lived in a military family all my life, though none of them serving whilst I was alive. My Uncle was an Army tank driver during Desert Storm, and, indeed, he said that a lot of the people were ignorent ______holes. However, he also said he met some of the coolest people he knew. The reason he quit was because of stupidity, but this was a while ago, and, reguardless, I will always have to deal with stupidity. He merely enlisted, but I have in mind officership, so the troops under me will do as I say (It's not that I'm power-hungry, though). I want to be a leader. "You are going to ruin your life and you don't even know it. You have been brought up to the common belief that your establishments care about you." I must say, I laughed at about this point. Due to my deplorable childhood, in which details I won't delve in, I have lacked structure, security of life, and a decent enviornment to grow. Now, I thrive on disorganization, hardship, and strain (definately best when under pressure). I'm a Survivor. And it's not that I've been led to believe the establishments care about me, it's just that I've not been given a reason that they don't (In a debte, it would be that job to clash, so far it has yet to do). "You do not understand what your culture has tricked you into believing." Oh, my friend, it's not my culture that has me believing. It is the hope that something can be better than my current homelife. In which, since I realize you can't defend since I have lack of details, I will just merely state than contend, if you don't mind. "If you go into the military you will come out as a completely different person (If you come out alive)" That's what I hope. Oh, and I don't plan to enter an armed combat soldier. Lord no, I'm too smart for that. I will choose my MOS, but I know that I'm not going to be stationed where I may always think. They will put me where they need. "I fight where I'm told. I win where I fight." General Patton. "A person who has been abused and suppressed internally. You will be crushed inside and crafted into a machine that follows orders without question for ethics." HA! Not to sound like a cliche celebrity, I've already been abused and surpressed. As an officer, I will be charged as the one giving orders, based on other orders that need to be done. If I recieve an order I think is unfair, that's life. If I think it is legally unfair, I will oppose it to the best of my abilities. "You will kill innocent impoverished humans and you will not question yourself for you will no longer be you. You will die but your body will live on as property of the US government." I won't go into armed forces, though I might be around them. I already feel dead inside, devoid of emotion that is. "The pain and misery you will receive and cause will destroy your love of life." To be honest, I haven't engendered one yet. I appreciate your concern, and I believe that I have refuted all of your points. If not, let me know. P.S. I probably will join the military anyways, though. Although, I did look at what you said. I'm an ROTC program and have been talking not only with recruiters (which I know can lie), but with exsoldiers, active soldiers, reserved soldiers, and they have all said good things.