Topic: Chickenhawks - Hall of Shame" Flash video
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Wed 08/27/08 04:28 AM
http://www.symbolman.com/chickenhawks.html

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Wed 08/27/08 11:11 AM
Chickenhawk (also chicken hawk and chicken-hawk; sometimes designated after a person's name by [c.h.]) is a political epithet used in the United States to criticize a politician, bureaucrat, or commentator who strongly supports a war or other military action, but has never personally been in a war, especially if that person actively avoided military service when of draft age.

The term is meant to indicate that the person in question is cowardly or hypocritical for personally avoiding combat in the past while advocating that others go to war in the present. Generally, the implication is that "chickenhawks" lack the experience, judgment, or moral standing to make decisions about going to war.

The term was first applied to vocal supporters of military action who were perceived to have used family connections or college deferments to avoid serving in previous wars, particularly the Vietnam War. In current usage, the label is used almost exclusively to describe ardent supporters of the Iraq War who have themselves never been in combat; it is seldom if ever used with respect to supporters of the (more broadly supported) war in Afghanistan as such. The label is not usually applied to women (who were historically, in most countries, barred by law from serving in combat). People who use the term have not necessarily been in the military themselves; people labeled "chickenhawks" have sometimes served in the military, but have not seen combat. Although it is possible to have a military career and never be at war, the term is often used in the context of someone who has been in the military in time of war but make efforts to steer clear of combat, such as George W. Bush's military records showing he wrote "do not volunteer" on being requested if he would consider a tour of duty in Vietnam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenhawk_(politics)

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Wed 08/27/08 02:43 PM
I think everyone is glued to their tvs, throwing their nurf-bricks at the televised convention....
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Wed 08/27/08 05:24 PM
Edited by madisonman on Wed 08/27/08 05:32 PM

I think everyone is glued to their tvs, throwing their nurf-bricks at the televised convention....
rofl
Or they are so ashamed for falling for these chickenhawk lies and they are cutting themselves like an emo kid