That's silly! What "demeanor" does a woman not have to express that the USA is their "ally?" Physical strength? Size is not automatically equated to strength, as we see with the small country of Israel, yet its powerful defense.
Her physical size, looks, have absolutely zero to do with the policies of this country, which instead have boundaries set by our democratically elected leaders, in our representational system. Leaders try to implement plans. It has nothing to do with gender.
Cojones? In my book, Secretary Rice sure had them to be there in the midst of all of this.
It's not "demeanor," which will cause other countries to agree with us. They have to find benefit as to why our plans and ideas will be better than their own plans. Israel knows when we support their actions and when we don't.
Again, if it were a gender issue, if only men were capable of adequately expressing what they expect in behavior of these nations, the men we have had working on the Middle East would have accomplished the tasks. It has nothing to do with gender.
There were female nation leaders mentioned in the Bible, and they were not recorded as something sinful or inadequate for the righteous ruling of a people.
Unintentioned, or intentioned, underestimation of the value of an entire half of the world's population, also created in the image of God, is still misogyny and wrong. Women are guilty of this, as are men.
We judge people based on their actions, not their gender or race.
You are yet another waste of time who twists the words and meanings of others so you can ramble on meaninglessly.
I NEVER mentioned race, you did. One cannot say anything slightly politically incorrent around you or any other liberal without being labelled with one of your buzz words, like misogynist.
Also, I disagree with you that U.S. knows better than other countries as to what they should do in their own best interests. Israel knows best in this situation.