curtoid
03-23-2003, 11:06 AM
From the ChickenHawk Database website:
"A chickenhawk is a term often applied to public persons - generally male - who (1)
tend to advocate, or are fervent supporters of those who advocate, military solutions
to political problems, and who have personally (2) declined to take advantage of a
significant opportunity to serve in uniform during wartime.
Some individuals may qualify more for their political associations than for any
demonstrated personal tendency towards bellicosity. Some women may be included
for exceptional bellicosity.
There is another, less savory definition of the term chickenhawk. It is not relevant to
this discussion; we intend no such associations to be drawn here."
Rather biased, but interesting none-the-less...
http://www.nhgazette.com/chickenhawks.html
ALSO, today the Veterans Against Iraq War, who launched their three-day "Operation
Dire Distress" with a conference in Washington yesterday, were planning a major
demonstration in the capital.
"While others pontificate and theorise about war, veterans know about its realities,"
the group said in a statement.
"The present administration is led by men and women who chose not to go into the
military and today have little understanding of war and no comprehension of its
consequences," it said.
War vets are planning to assemble at Constitution Gardens on Mall at midday, and will
hold a solemn procession to Vietnam, Korea, World War II memorials, as well as march
to the Veterans Administration and White House with rally on the Ellipse.
Here's their website:
http://www.vaiw.org
[KOP]
"A chickenhawk is a term often applied to public persons - generally male - who (1)
tend to advocate, or are fervent supporters of those who advocate, military solutions
to political problems, and who have personally (2) declined to take advantage of a
significant opportunity to serve in uniform during wartime.
Some individuals may qualify more for their political associations than for any
demonstrated personal tendency towards bellicosity. Some women may be included
for exceptional bellicosity.
There is another, less savory definition of the term chickenhawk. It is not relevant to
this discussion; we intend no such associations to be drawn here."
Rather biased, but interesting none-the-less...
http://www.nhgazette.com/chickenhawks.html
ALSO, today the Veterans Against Iraq War, who launched their three-day "Operation
Dire Distress" with a conference in Washington yesterday, were planning a major
demonstration in the capital.
"While others pontificate and theorise about war, veterans know about its realities,"
the group said in a statement.
"The present administration is led by men and women who chose not to go into the
military and today have little understanding of war and no comprehension of its
consequences," it said.
War vets are planning to assemble at Constitution Gardens on Mall at midday, and will
hold a solemn procession to Vietnam, Korea, World War II memorials, as well as march
to the Veterans Administration and White House with rally on the Ellipse.
Here's their website:
http://www.vaiw.org
[KOP]