>>> If it turns out bad, Bill can say "I told you so" and you can scoff and call him names.
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>If I'm in charge of putting together an infantry regiment, I'll tell the recruiter -"Get me the people most likely to win the war by destroying the other infantry."
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>The recruiter knows that some guys before him figured out that in order to beat the enemy someone in the infantry has to be able to withstand long marches in unpredictable weather while carrying heavy loads. It would help if he can read and write, but that's not really a big deal, especially if he already knows how to handle a rifle and/or dig a foxhole.
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>So the recruiter, being a bookish type, does some research and finds out that the most likely population to meet those specs is a crowd of 18-25 males over 180 pounds.
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>Among the least likely to meet those specs are- in no order- database programmers, guys over 40, and women of any age.
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>So what population should our recruiter tell his people to look in?
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>Very difficult question, it seems.
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>Let's postulate that there are two candidates - a 20 year old Jimmy Brown, or a 20 year old Ellen DeG... can't spell it.
>If I pick Ellen, I improve diversity and Gloria Steinem loves it.
>If I pick Jimmy, that one recruit will increase the likelihood that the rest of his platoon- with a focus on one member, me - will survive and I might invoke the wrath of Gloria Steinem.
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>It's really not a difficult question.
>I want Jimmy next to me.
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>For Victor - is that racial or sexual innuendo?

It's the part where you say 'no woman ever' of course. But aside from that - one should point out that we have an all volunteer military.

>How about height, weight, strength, eye color, or ping pong capability innuendo?
>Let's get something going for the lousy ping pong players of the world.
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>Awful Ping Pong players of the world - UNITE - you have nothing to lose but your paddles!!!!!!!!!!!!