Monday, August 29, 2011

SALON.COM: ORIGINS OF THE CHICKENHAWKS... CHICKENSHITS MORE LIKE IT

What makes chickenhawkery such a distinctly American phenomenon is our culture's coupling of aggressive militarism with a lack of anything even resembling shared sacrifice. Quite bizarrely, we celebrate those who rhetorically promote wars as "tough" and "strong" without requiring those very warmongers to walk their talk. Shielded from any personal risk of injury or death, the chickenhawk is thus permitted to wrap himself in an American flag and goose step his way through television studios as the alleged personification of patriotic bravery.
Ain't that the truth!

Rest here:  http://www.salon.com/news/david_sirota/2011/06/29/chickenhawk_origins/index.html

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