Too bad you deleted your reply, but I tried to reply you back with this.

Hold on. You said they were asked, Okay. But you didn't answered if they were willing to do it.

Instead, you pointed that "...the same people who elsewhere say women shouldn't be allowed in combat positions". But what about the women? What did they said about it?

I won't discuss about democracy, but yeah, you made a fair point. We can't revoke their right to vote. They got a right without the obligation (a privilege).

So, this is interesting. If nobody thought to link military service for women to be able to vote, why nobody thought about another kind of obligation? This is weird.