Santorum: Women shouldn't be in front-line combat.

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50 percent of combat divisions would have to be women. It would never happen - but there would be significant damage to the combat effectiveness to enforce a dubious doctrine with no basis in reality.

Also - it would mean the end of the US military as a serious fighting force. Men prefer difficult jobs that have a high casulty ratio - why not give men a chance to shine? As a guy I'd be embarrassed to have a woman stick up for me and fight my battles for me even if she had 5 inches and 50 pounds (not difficult), simply because I believe that it's my job to protect her with all I've got.

Why do we have to waste time, energy and money defying what most men and women actually want?

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The US military doctrine is based on combat effectiveness not troop counts. Weakening their primary strength by increasing numbers will weaken their capacity to fight.

This is also why it's preferred to have a volunteer force over that of a draft. Having soldiers that want to fight is much, much better than draftees.