Santorum: Women Are Capable Of ‘Flying Small Planes’

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63. You'll need a link for tha statement please. AFAIC, most combat roles are closed to Israeli women

"Combat" roles for women in the Israeli defense forces are pretty limited (usually flight crews, trainers etc.) It's been a large area of complaint for IDF women since combat roles are necessary for moving up the military heirarchy. They served equally in combat during the war of independence if I can recall and were only shut out of equality in the ranks in 1951 when the government primarily wanted women to make Jewish babies. Challenged in the 90s, the IDF opened up a very few combat roles for women but there's no way to say with any degree of certainty that the IDF's readiness has been damaged since so few women really participate 100% equally with men.