Tuesday, 25 July 2006
James Joyner: What Makes Someone a Chicken Hawk?
Contributed by Bill Faith

Glenn Greenwald revisits the now-tired “chickenhawk” debate by chiding Jeff Jacoby “mis-defin[ing] the concept in order to argue against it.”

Jacoby says the left applies the slur “chickenhawk” against those, like himself, who “support a war but have never seen combat.” He cites several examples of prominent Democrats, including their most recent presidential nominee, using the concept in that manner. That’s pretty much how I’ve understood the criticism as well.

Greenwald says this is nonsense. While conceding some use the term that way, he insists the real definition is far more nuanced.

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Contributed by Bill Faith on July 25, 2006 at 06:43 PM in Bill Faith, Peacenik Stupidity, Politics | Permalink

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