You may question the wisdom of America waging a "war against terror", but noone could say America is not enthusiastic in its prosecution of the said war. This is manly business fighting wars and it is just not done to have any girlies getting in the way.

Now now, don't go getting your hackles up. This is not The Green Man's opinion. It is the opinion of the voting public in the USA. It seems that in times of war women may as well not stand for office, the public will just not vote for them. Surveying the unwashed masses Brown University found

95 percent indicated that men are better able than women to deal with military crises

Voters perceive male candidates as more competent than females to legislate on issues of military crises, crime, the economy and agriculture; voters perceive female candidates as having expertise when the issues are gender equity, education, health care and poverty.

Generally speaking the people interviewed had no opinion vis-a-vis foreign policy. "Foreign what?" was the general response.

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