Why, no wonder the Nazis, Japanese, and Commies beat us, their soldiers are so much tougher and insensitive than ours. Oh, and did you see how those tough-guy Talibans had us running with our tails between our legs in Afghanistan?
I think the Taliban was beat more by technology than anything else. Between Daisy Cutters, flying gunships, B52's, and soldiers equipped with extraordinary vision and communication equipment, the Medieval Afghanis fighting with 19th century equipment were far outclassed.
Although the Germans and the Japanese were a technological match for the Americans, they were trained with the mindset to die for their country. Patton and other great American military leaders trained our soldiers to think on their feet and make the other bastard die for his country.
This was all before we introduced women into combat roles. Today's women soldier has the benefit of advanced technology and the disproportionate numbers of men to women to tow the line. Lessen the technology and increase the proportion of women to men and we will definitely fall as the world's military power.