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To: Future Snake Eater

The IDF has in women combat roles. Everyone serves.


30 posted on 12/07/2012 5:44:45 PM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: SkyDancer; hamboy
The IDF has in women combat roles. Everyone serves.

Not in the infantry. Check the little essay posted by hamboy in comment# 6. It's called, "Debunking the Israeli 'women in combat' myth."

Here's an excerpt:

Writes Edward Norton, a reservist in the Israel Defense Forces: “Women have always played an important role in the Israeli military, but they rarely see combat; if they do, it is usually by accident. No one in Israel, including feminists, has any objection to this situation. The fact that the Persian Gulf War has produced calls to allow women on the front lines proves only how atypical that war was and how little Americans really understand combat.”

33 posted on 12/07/2012 6:03:31 PM PST by neverdem ( Xin loi min oi)
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To: SkyDancer

Bully for them. It’s still a terrible idea.


35 posted on 12/07/2012 6:11:03 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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