In order to get through, you built this shell and you existed in it. It had certain rules that you obeyed, and one of them was an indifference and arrogance toward the population. I don't want it. That's why you shouldn't be here. It's not something women should be seeing.
War is a man's business.
That's the whole idea. What they were saying was, We're here to protect our country and defend our women and children. We've got to stop the Commies here because otherwise they'll be in Hawaii. But they were also saying, I don't want you to see me scared. I don't want you to see me cry the way I cry.