You fans of “The Art of War” know where part of this storyline is going, don’t you?

Yeah, I thought so.

That’s why I was going to label this blog entry “The War to End All Wars” but I knew you already had it figured out.

You see, some of my male friends think that giving women power makes us weaker overall, citing the decline of companies like HP and the weakening of the U.S. in the eyes of Islamic countries that have no respect for Hillary Clinton.

Well, there’s only one way to show them if their theory is correct.

Put Clinton to the test.

In other words, is she or is she not a puppet of the Saudis, the Israelis, the Chinese, the Indians and/or the Russians?

Or simply a corporate spokesperson?

Is she her own woman?

Can she stand up to a world turning against the U.S., which is quickly becoming an ignorant banana republic?

If not…?

Well, my male friends are only partially right to begin with because there are plenty of examples of women who’ve been successful, including the Australian (Gillard) and UK (Thatcher) PMs in politics (whether Rousseff, the president of Brazil, will be successful remains to be seen), not to forget others around the world like Indira Gandhi of India.

Meanwhile, the male-dominated societies in Muslim countries will be watching closely to see if the U.S. Secretary of State is for or against them and, thus, whether they should spread the word to their American colleagues in the U.S. to vote for Romney, who understands the needs of real men.