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Here is a short list of prominent chickenhawks:
 
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*[[George W. Bush|George W. "Glug, Glug, Snort, Snort" Bush]]
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*[[George W. Bush]]
*[[Dick Cheney|Dick "Dead Eye Dick" Cheney]]
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*[[Dick Cheney]]
*[[Sean Hannity|Sean "Waterboard the Fuck Out of Me" Hannity]]
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*[[Sean Hannity]]
*[[William Kristol|William "Bill" Kristol]]
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*[[William Kristol]]
*[[Scooter Libby|I Lewis "Scooter" Libby]]
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*[[Scooter Libby]]
*[[Joe Lieberman|Joe "Nuke Tehran" Lieberman]]
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*[[Joe Lieberman]]
*[[Rush Limbaugh|Rush "Rush" Limbaugh]]
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*[[Rush Limbaugh]]
*[[Bill O'Reilly|Bill "Bore" O'Reilly]]
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*[[Bill O'Reilly]]
*[[Karl Rove|Karl "Talking Points" Rove]]
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*[[Karl Rove]]
*[[Donald Rumsfeld|Donald "The Don" Rumsfeld]]
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*[[Donald Rumsfeld]]
*[[Paul Wolfowitz|Paul "Paul is Dead" Wolfowitz]]
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*[[Paul Wolfowitz]]
*[[Dan Quayle|Dan "Potatoe" Quayle]]
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*[[Dan Quayle]]
*[[Glenn Beck|Glenn "Clown Tears" Beck]]
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*[[Glenn Beck]]
*[[Conservative talk radio#Larry Elder|Larry "Uncle Tom" Elder]]
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*[[Conservative talk radio#Larry Elder|Larry Elder]]
*[[Newt Gingrich|Newt "Newt" Gingrich]]
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*[[Newt Gingrich]]
*[[Tom Delay|Tom "The Exterminator" Delay]]
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*[[Tom Delay]]
*[[Trent Lott|Trent "Simpler Time" Lott]]
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*[[Trent Lott]]
*[[Christopher Hitchens|Christopher "Don't Get Us Wrong We Actually Quite Like You Here" Hitchens]]
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*[[Christopher Hitchens]]
*[[Ted Nugent|Ted "White Buffalo" Nugent]]
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*[[Ted Nugent]]
*[[Stephen Harper|Stephen "My Cats Hate Me" Harper]]
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*[[Stephen Harper]]
  
 
===Special category===
 
===Special category===
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*[[Chickenhawk/Iraq war vote|Every Representative and Senator who voted for]] the [[Iraq War]], but avoided serving if and when it was possible for them, and did not recant or repudiate their vote by the end of 2005.
 
*[[Chickenhawk/Iraq war vote|Every Representative and Senator who voted for]] the [[Iraq War]], but avoided serving if and when it was possible for them, and did not recant or repudiate their vote by the end of 2005.
  

Revision as of 18:30, 2 August 2012

They so proudly wear this insignia.
"Operation Chickenhawk" illustration (by William Bramhall), from Al Franken's Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot (1996)

A chickenhawk is a person in a position of public prominence or power who displays two traits:

The Bush Administration (2001 - 2009) had an abundance of these creatures. Indeed, after the resignation of Colin Powell, there was no one with genuine combat experience in any prominent executive position. In fact, several of the listed Chickenhawks below were notable draft dodgers, especially from Vietnam. This probably led to their policies being based on dangerously abstracted notions of the nature and efficacy of war.

Those who have seen the horrors of war first-hand tend to be cautious about willfully unleashing such havoc again, no matter how remote or foreign the field. As well as not appreciating the full human costs of their decisions, there remains the uncomfortable suspicion that chickenhawks are prepared to send others to risk their lives in ways that chickenhawks would never risk their own.

We have yet to parse the nature of the Obama administration, however chances are a few will turn up there.

Note: Knowing the alternative and possibly unsavoury meanings of political labels is wise, as any Teabagger with intact cognitive function (probably a mythical beast) could tell you. "Chickenhawk" is also a slang term for a person who favours inappropriately young sexual partners (often, but not necessarily, a pedophile).

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Here is a short list of prominent chickenhawks:

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