lets see, he was screaming for war, but he managed to duck out of serving. That's the classic definition of a chickenhawk.
Fits right up there with his hero Rush Limbaugh, who appropriately enough managed to get out of the draft because of anal cysts. larry On 7/28/05, Howie Hamlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think Sam (or anyone on this list) fits into the chickenhawk > definition. From what I know - you have to be someone with the ability to > shape policy that sends people off to war or someone that can directly send > people off to war in order to fall into the category of chickenhawk. > > Having said that ... I don't think that you need to be willing to serve in > the military in order to have an opinion about what's going on and to be able > to comment on it. > > From the wars that I can remember there have been those that I would not have > had a problem with serving in and others that I would. In reference to the > former: > > Gulf War I > > In reference to the latter: > > Viet Nam > Gulf War II > > Not wanting to serve in Viet Nam or the current SNAFU does not mean that you > lose the right to opinion. > > Howie > > --- On Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:07 AM, Larry C. Lyons scribed: --- > > > > Given that Sam is a classic chickenhawk, its really doubtful that > > he'll ever attempt to serve. Yet at the same he'll be frothing at the > > mouth to invade an ever expanding list of countries he fantasizes > > about. He is so brave when it comes to the lives of other people. > > > > larry > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| All-in-one: antivirus, antispam, firewall for your PC and PDA. Buy Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=60 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166899 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
