Domestic and international violence

I was extremely turned off by this article from the beginning. I find comparing American soldiers to wife beaters absolutely pathetic and disgusting. Almost as pathetic and disgusting as the author represents our troops. Maybe I'm crazy but I found the jump from soldiers to wife beaters to be a large one. Even the title seemed wild to me: "Domestic and international violence are one and the same." The sub title states: "John Stuart Mill had it right. Our abuse of women at home mirrors, and sometimes dictates, our behavior abroad." John Stuart Mill was a nineteenth century writer, I'm not sure if his work can be considered relevant here in the twenty first century. The author bases her argument that "tyranny at home is the model for tyranny abroad" on Mill's writings. The sentence after this statement, the author contradicts herself saying: "When tyranny and violence are practiced on a grand scale in foreign lands, the practice also intensifies at home." This makes the point that violence overseas causes violence here, not the other way around. The issue of violence against service women is not one to be taken lightly, but it seems poorly placed. The article is unorganized. I would write about violence against women in the military or how domestic and overseas violence are related, not both in the same article when the relation isn't close.