Peter Pace said that it was his Italian blood that reared up and made him break down in tears and lose composure for about a minute at a congressional hearing the other day. I suppose so, but I wonder if the feminization of the service academies and of the military in general might also be a factor in creating a new culture of emotion in the armed forces. I can certainly understand military men needing to cry, but in a public forum? And the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, no less, in a time of war? Are we overdoing the sensitivity training?
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