I'm with Rush. An army of 14 year old girls could perhaps be the most brutal army of all.
"I'm with Rush. An army of 14 year old girls could perhaps be the most brutal army of all."
When I was active duty, I did some drinking with an Israeli officer.
He said there were two reasons they quit using women in combat. One is that men would instinctively try to protect them, leading to unnecessary deaths and jeopardizing missions, and the other is that they had no trouble getting women to start killing, but they couldn't get them to stop.
In combat, things go much better if the enemy knows his surrender will be accepted. He's less likely to fight to the death, and you get prisoners for interrogation.
Women just wouldn't leave any of the enemy alive.