[central_va]

I’ve been to Israel, the women on duty they ride buses and hang out on street corners like a secondary police force. They are not combat troops at all.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Yup. Israel and Russia briefly tried woman in combat roles. In both cases it was an epic fail.

[Ancesthntr]

I’ve been to Israel, the women on duty they ride buses and hang out on street corners like a secondary police force. They are not combat troops at all.

So have I, and I agree with your analysis - at the present time. Things were lots different in the late 1940s, when Israel was at risk of being destroyed at birth.