I think I don’t like women in combat and for a lot of reasons. But doesn’t the Israeli Army have women in combat?
I don’t know.
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It is complicated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Israel_Defense_Forces
Israel, like the Soviets and various partisan and resistance organizations in WWII, and some other odds and historically, have had their backs to the wall such that putting women in the line was a reluctant measure to hold the line at all.
There are the examples of Deborah and Jael in the Bible, but theirs is an object lesson to wimpy males.
A culture that puts its women in the line without dire necessity is sick, IMO, and unworthy of perpetuation.
A culture that puts women on birth control and denigrates motherhood, and the dignity of the marital star is sick and will end up putting them on the front line in battle anyway