another point of view

I was in my Women's Studies class and we recently were talking about the war in Iraq, as well as past wars when we noticed that throughout history wars have been started by powerful men, and discussed about women leaders and compared and contrasted the two . When i went home that same day, i was still thinking about the discusion and asked what my mom and dad thought of the theory. The discusion soon turned into a deep, detailed debate on men and women leaders in the world. I'm not trying to sound femnist, and i'm sorry if i affend anyone, but ask yourself this... "What if there were more women leaders/presidents than men, would there be more or less wars?" There are a few examples of women in power, during the medevil period with Queen Elizabeth, wars were going on during her time. Also, the past Prime Minister of Isreal was a woman who demanded the soldiers to be killed in the Olympics. But what about other women who demanded peace? St. Theresae was a powerful women who, even though she did not rule any country, was very influential to all. Even in our own country there are women who are powerful leaders such as, Condoleezza Rice and Hilary Clinton. It is known that women show more compassion and empathy for men, but this does not mean that they are weak. I understand that war is not about gender, but it does play a factor.