Gee I'm sorry you're so bent on hair-splitting. By 'allowing' for racists, they had to specifically fashion the standards so that scumbags - racists, neo-nazis, gang-bangers and criminals - would fit the criteria for admission. And, behold - that's exactly who wound up making it into our military.
Do you see why your hair-splitting has no bearing on the actual issue here? Can you see how there is NO difference between 1) and 2) because the allowance resulted in 2)?
WB, if you still have a need to belabour the obvious in a feeble need to be right, talk to yourself for the rest of the evening. I've made my point. It's a shame that you're still struggling with what the point is after 170-plus posts, but that's your burden.