Max Blumenthal goes to the Young Republicans convention in DC, and asks why none of them - who strongly support the WoT and the War in Iraq - have bothered to sign up and serve in the armed forces.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/generation-chickenhawk-t_b_56676.html
Unsurprisingly, there were plenty of excuses banded about.
Republicans get mad when the 'Chickenhawk' argument is brought up, and this is because it is damned effective. They usually attempt to counter with some version of this line:
Quote:So, you're saying that only those who have served can talk about the military? That's stupid.
It isn't stupid, though. There is a perceivable and significant differnce between those who discuss war, who think it is sometimes necessary, and who are willing to do what must be done for US safety; and the War Cheerleaders. The actively aggressive advocates of warfare as a solution to life's problems.
Those are the Chickenhawks: the ones who continually advocate the solving of our national Foreign policy problems using armed force. The ones who suggest that the US is so strong, we can go it alone if we have to and we shouldn't be held back from attacking other countries by little things like, say, international conventions. They advocate using maximum force to win; their problem with the war in Iraq is that we aren't killing enough people over there, innocents included.
These people, who cheer on the deaths of others, who think that force is the best way to get what we want - but don't sign up to serve themselves - are Chickenhawks. They are too cowardly to put their ass on the line, but continually advocate that others do so.
Cycloptichorn