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If I'm agnostic, deist, atheist - can I say that to Polish people in Poland? [72]
ZIMMY! Quick!
Zimmy will come with his machine gun.
My battalion of female Amazon warriors would quickly put a lie to the naive notion that women are peaceful creatures. Even my personal assistant Magda refuses to ovulate.
As to the false notion that women would not start wars (first propagated by feminists in the '60's), just off the top of my head (but not the bottom of my feet), here is a partial list of women who have done just that.
The female saint and duchiss of Poland Hedwig led an expedition to Ruthenia to re-establish Polish rule there.
Catherine the Great sent armies to fight several countries (including Poland).
Maria Theresa of Austria annexed large parts of Poland during the partitions.
Queen Tamara of Georgia who fought several wars usually against the Turks.
Golda Meir was no wall flower either.
Empress Matilda (England) and her forces defeated and captured King Stephen at the Battle of Lincoln which gave her the throne.
Kahina, (Jewish) Led the Berbers against Muslim Arabs.
Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande led her tribe in Africa & fought against the Portuguese.
Wu Zetian (China) became a ruler after ruthlessly killing off anyone who stood in her way.
The amazing ruler Sammuramat of Assyria not only led armies but even fought in battle.
Can anyone deny Queen Victoria's extreme British expansionist foreign policies?
The percentage of female rulers who started wars and/or fought for dubious reasons is comparable to the percentage of male rulers who have. The quantitative differences are reflected in the fact that there have been many more male rulers.
Although not known for starting wars, a personal favorite is Countess Elizabeth Bąthory who was known to partake in many dubious 'life-giving' blood bath rituals. Fortunately, the cosmetics industry never picked up on this elixir.
