[kearnyirish2]

In the WWII and Israeli independence war, both sides using women were simply out of men; we’re far from that (though I’m sure we’re running low on men willing to go die in some toilet with unloaded guns for no good reason).

Iran (and Syria, and anyone else willing to try) needn’t fear the US military in terms of ground wars anymore; we don’t have the numbers.

[MasterGunner01]

Whether the Russians or Israeli had tapped out the manpower pool is moot, but what needs to be trumpeted is NEITHER country does it now and WHY they don't. The WHY is very important and this is totally overlooked by SecDef Panetta. Women in combat comes with a very high price tag and these armchair field marshals aren't going to be on the front lines doing the fighting. Indeed, they will be sitting on their fat butts in the rear where shots fired in anger are never heard.