Sure, the mean height of a Chinese male may be 5'5, but what is the mean height of a Chinese male infantryman in the Chinese military?

...and how much does it impact your ability to fire an AK-47 anyway? The point of raising the counter-argument is to illustrate that Mr. Frum has no leg to stand on. Your prevarication on "they're tough farm boys from the country" again presumes that combat is performed via baseball bat rather than heat-seeking missile.

My main area of interest is the integration of women as combat infantry. I am of the understanding that snipers generally operate in pairs, not in units. Am I correct?

What does that have to do with anything?

| I don't see anything about her role as a leader in the IDF.|

Don't look now, but the head of my favorite branch of the shadow government is run by a woman.

I am interested however to know more about the prevalence of rape in the U.S. military and why it's such a problem.

I am interested to know what gives you the right to curtail women's opportunities because of a culture of rape in the military. Seems to me we oughtta fix the rape, not the women, but I'm a radical.

Is it also a problem for other countries where women serving in combat is the norm?

Why don't you investigate and report back? The reason we're having this discussion is that the US military recently allowed women to officially serve in combat roles, which caused David Frum to officially get sand in his vagina. This is someone arguing against the status quo, not for it.

If we admit that there is a deeply entrenched culture of prejudice in the U.S. military, then what?

Then you work to change it, not to accommodate it. There's nothing new about this.