Chickenhawk
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A chickenhawk is a person in a position of public prominence or power who displays two traits:
- Aggressive support for military force as a primary instrument of foreign policy.
- A documentable lack of combat experience.
Currently, the U.S. Administration has an abundance of these creatures. Indeed, since the resignation of Colin Powell, there is no-one with genuine combat experience in any prominent executive position. This can lead to policies 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 wilfully 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.
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Prominent Chickenhawks
Here is a short list of prominent chickenhawks:
- George W. "glug, glug, snort, snort" Bush
- Dick "Dick" Cheney
- Sean "Tough Guy" Hannity
- I Lewis "Scooter" Libby
- Joe "nuke Tehran" Lieberman
- Rush "Rush" Limbaugh
- Bill "Bore" O'Reilly
- Karl "Talking Points" Rove
- Paul Wolfowitz
- Ronald Reagan
Commanders-In-Chief who have led Wars, but never fought in a War
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Ronald Reagan.
Countries Ruled Only By People with Military Experience
Myanmarit's called Burma, dammit!- Pakistan
See also
References
External Links and Sources
- The New Hampshire Gazette ("the nation's oldest newspaper") is the home of the original Chickenhawk Database (bad link!). Archived here.
- Where's Clinton?. Provided in case you are in a hurry. Well, he did support the War in Iraq ... Help me Michael Moore!
- Chickenhawk Playing Cards. Of course - it's not real unless someone makes a deck of cards to commemorate it.
- Chickenhawks at communist Michael Moore's web site.
- Sourcewatch also reports on the phenomenon.
- Flight of the ChickenHawks from toostupidtobepresident.com.