A lot of > people (myself included) credited this to the higher > rate of integration of women into the American > military, on the theory that men tend to act more > decently in front of women and that women are less > likely to suffer from testosterone poisoning.
Well, that's an interesting theory, but I don't neccessarily agree with it (before or after). Most of the time, where troops have contact with the local population or the enemy, women soldiers will not be around, or at the very least apparent. This is because of the non-combat role they're in. Personally, based on my experience, I think more has to do with training, higher intelligence level of most troops (thanks to education...say what you will about the US educational system, and indeed there are many problems, but at the very least US soldiers are better educated than most of the populations they come incontact with in Operations Other than Warfare, plus the education they get in the military), and better "quality" recruits (who are volunteers). Compare this to the Vietnam era, when educational standards were lower, the Army still practiced conscription, and had yet to experience the self-analysis of the post-Vietnam period. Damon. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
