Reply #67: yes. women are ideal for combat. here's why....

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women handle pain much better ... think childbirth

women are better at endurance activities than men of similar health ..... marching, carryin' shit, etc.

women are more likely to think before they do something violent

women need less food/water than men

besides, if this were a policy (not that i am for the draft, i think the concept is unamerican), then maybe -- just maybe -- young women would be more encouraged to keep up with physical activity through adolescence, and athletic women would not be stigmatized (come on, you know it happens.

seems to work okay in israel.