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July 24, 2006

Chickenhawk Jacoby gets his panties inna bunch

It seems blogger/columnist Jeff Jacoby is up in a twist over the use by lefties of the label "Chickenhawk":

``Chicken hawk" isn't an argument. It is a slur -- a dishonest and incoherent slur. It is dishonest because those who invoke it don't really mean what they imply -- that only those with combat experience have the moral or the necessary understanding to advocate military force.

Now its entirely possible that some people who use the chickenhawk label take it to mean the definition that Jacoby outlines. But I'd venture to say that its not most...or even that many.

"Chickenhawk" under my definition means someone who is a war hawk that hasn't served, has no intention of serving and will likely insulate their close blood ties from serving as well.

In other words, "Go to war and fight for my ideology..but don't expect me or mine to pick up a weapon and fight along side you".

Jacoby likes to tell us liberals what our problems are: we're "dishonest" and "incoherent". Like many conservatives, Jacoby uses that perception of liberals to make excuses for his positions and what is very apparently a cowardly stance on war.

It takes no effort whatsoever to sit your ass at a computer and type about going to war and killing people that you consider to be "terrorists" or "sponsors of terrorism". But its a whole other kettle of peas when you refuse to contribute anything more to the fight than some pixels and a column in the Boston Globe.

Posted by Carla at July 24, 2006 07:50 AM