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Originally Posted by natehale1971
How so? what caused the capping the number at 10%?
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In addition to the good answers given above, I think it also has to do with foreign employment. All governments are like this. I mean just the other day I was reading how people were upset that Obama was driving around in custom bus that was manufactured in Canada. Why employ foreigners when people at home live on welfare and can't get a job? I think some criticism would come from that angle.
Checking into it, another reason seems to be people worried about diluting the military, and thus potentially endangering the customs and traditions of the service. It can also be see as embarrassing - "We need foreigners to man our ranks" kinda deal.
And finally, in my experience, the idea of arming foreigners is the last thing a government allows (impossible for people without citizenship to own firearms for example). This mostly applies to civilians, but I think it can extend to the military as well.
I guess my point is, it would be a hard sell by politicians who want to be reelected to deal with the many criticisms of opening up the military to foreigners.