Santorum: Lady Combat Troops Will Poison Male Troops With Feelings

Most people, when they imagine combat troops fighting in a war, picture gunfire and helicopters and blood and death. Rick Santorum, on the other hand, pictures sort of a dusty night club lit by the odd intermittent explosion where you know what happens when you leave the boys and girls alone in there too long together. Not HETEROSEXUAL INTERCOURSE, oh ha ha no, the Pope forbid, he means unbridled tenderness, the "natural" result whenever humans of differing genitalia commingle. Therefore he officially frowns upon the Pentagon's new plan to open up thousands of combat-related positions to women, because this will force male soldiers who work around them to become highly "protective" and feel "emotions" like a club of nursing panda bears.

Ugh. TRY DECAF ONE OF THESE DAYS, RICK SANTORUM:  

“When you have men and women together in combat, I think men have the emotions when you see a woman in harm’s way. I think that’s something that’s natural, that’s very much in our culture to be protective,” he said.

When host Ann Curry suggested that his remarks on Thursday could be perceived as commentary on “women being emotional,” Santorum said, “Oh no, that’s not the issue.”

“I’ve talked about this issue a lot, and I’ve never raised that as a concern,” he said. “The issue is … how men would react to seeing women in harm’s way or potentially being injured or in a vulnerable position and not be concerned about accomplishing the mission.”

Eh, Rick Santorum doesn't react with much concern when there's a woman suffering through a life-threatening condition during pregnancy, so... he's not a man. Or a human. TRUE STORY. [Politico]