If a person can pass the tests they should be permitted to be in combat. The test standards shouldn't be lowered, but if someone can clear the bar, they're in.
The problem is the situation isn't logical, it stems from societal expectations. If we were to look at this stoically, if we were in the land of Sparta or some other objectively driven nation where conflict was important. A woman would be laughed at for
Whether you intended to or not, you just spoke about 50% of the population as if they're a commodity.
I believe he only stated it to balance out his post to show that he has a high view of women. Instead of just slating their disadvantages. You're arguing from a position of arrogance and self serving. You're assuming that women should be able to do anything, even things that they aren't designed by nature and evolution for. Out of pure ignorance and egotism.
The whole point of the matter is women only feel disheartened and hurt by the fact that they can't do things because they have been led to believe that they can't do them because of how evil the country is. And because they actually can do them, but the evil patriarchy simply doesn't want them to. If the expectation and the push for them to be in the army wasn't there from those who are intellectually blind and who are out for their own interests, such as yourself, then they would be able to live their lives in peace and contentment. Doing their jobs that they enjoy without thinking that society wants them to go out and fight.
Ultimately the human form is merely a form, it is not by us, it is not us, it is designed by nature and is what it is. Instead of trying to claim that it is something out of ignorance as our base point, and then do everything we can to prove it empirically. You need to look empirically at the world first, and see that the male-female divide is a very significant and important dynamic to be considered. If you had any knowledge of dog breeding, of cattle raising, of any applied understanding of biology or even if you'd just briefly read the article in the OP and considered it. You would realise that this is the case. If I were looking at the human species objectively, removing my ego and ignorance, I would decide to breed males for an army. Females for nurses, support and other roles. And that's that. I wouldn't have females crossing over, no matter what. And I would recognise that the reason people would do other than this, is because they don't care for the aims that I have in mind. They are self centred and ignorant and would have to be placed in a position of law authority suited for their lack of capacity.
TL;dr The human male and female forms have nothing to do with you, or us as a race. Who the hell are you to say that they are something other than what they are? Men are suited for combat, for physical labour. Women are suited for nurturing. You have an invested interest to claim otherwise because of your false understanding of your self and your self perception. You're identified with your form, and identifying others with their forms, causing you to cycle through greed, aversion and ignorance. The best thing you can do is gain insight into your own thoughts and perceptions at play here. Take a look inside yourself, and learn from it.